HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10012013 - C.40RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with Forensic
Medical Group for the addition of payment provisions related to private autopsies with no change to the existing
payment limit of $650,000 for the period July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% County General Fund; $650,000. Budgeted.
BACKGROUND:
Forensic Medical Group (FMG) is a California Professional Corporation that specializes in pathology and forensic
pathology. The Contractor will assume responsibility for and perform autopsy services for all deaths that fall within
the jurisdiction of the Coroner, will prepare as required documents and reports, provide training to personnel, provide
court testimony as required, and ensure that quality standards are met for the services performed. This will allow the
Sheriff-Coroner’s Office to continue to meet the obligations to provide forensic pathology services.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The current contract does not include the cost of private autopsies and will result in a deficit for the Office of the
Sheriff Coroners Unit.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 10/01/2013 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
ABSENT:Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Mary Jane Robb,
925-335-1557
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: October 1, 2013
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc:
C.40
To:Board of Supervisors
From:David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Date:October 1, 2013
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Forensic Medical Group
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
No impact.