HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03092010 - C.49RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf
of the County, Agreement #26 358-5 with the California Transplant Donor Network, a
non-profit corporation, a non-financial agreement, for the provision of organ procurement
services, for the period from November 1, 2009 through October 31, 2014.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This is a non-financial agreement.
BACKGROUND:
Under the National Organ and Tissue Donation initiative, hospitals must notify an organ
procurement organization of all deaths that occur in the hospital. In addition, hospitals must
have agreements with organ transplant centers, and tissue and eye banks to cooperate in the
retrieval, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of organ and tissue donations.
This is to ensure that all usable organs, tissues and corneas are procured from potential
donors.
The California Transplant Donor Network provides 24-hour organ procurement services
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 03/09/2010 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
ABSENT:Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Steven Tremain M.D.
370-5122
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: March 9, 2010
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: EMY L. SHARP, Deputy
cc: J Pigg, B Borbon
C.49
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:March 9, 2010
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Agreement #26-358-5 with the California Transplant Donor Network.
which include: on-site assessment and evaluation of each
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
potential organ donor for medical suitability; a skilled and sensitive approach to each family
regarding the option to consider donation; appropriate clinical management of the potential
donor to ensure optimum organ viability, and organ allocation consistent with national
policy.
On October 5, 2004, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-358-3 (as amended
by Administrative Amendment Agreement #26-358-4 with the California Transplant Donor
Network, for the period from November 1, 2004 through October 31, 2009.
Approval of this Agreement #26-358-5 will allow the Department to continue to meet the
requirements for participation in Medicare and Medicaid programs, provide broader access
to various organs and tissues needed by surgeons and patients, and ultimately streamline the
donation process, through October 31, 2014.