HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02102015 - C.31RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract
#26 358-6 with the California Transplant Donor Network, for the provision of organ procurement services, for the
period from November 1, 2014 through October 31, 2019.
FISCAL IMPACT:
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, 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 which include: on-site
assessment and evaluation of each potential organ donor for medical suitability; a skilled and sensitive approach to
each family regarding the option to consider donation; appropriate clinical management of
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 02/10/2015 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
ABSENT:Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Contact: Anna Roth, 925-370-5101
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: February 10, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: K Cyr, C Rucker
C. 31
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:February 10, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract #26-358-6 with the California Transplant Donor Network
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
the potential donor to ensure optimum organ viability, and organ allocation consistent with national policy. On March
10, 2009, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-358-5 with the California Transplant Donor Network, to
provide services for the period from November 1, 2009 through October 31, 2014.
Approval of this Contract #26-358-6 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, 2019.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, County will not be able to receive organ procurement services from this Contractor.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.