HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09152015 - C.82RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with Forensic
Medical Group to add payment provisions related to transciption services with no change to the existing payment
limit of $700,000 or the original contract term of July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2019.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% County General Fund; $700,000. 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.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 09/15/2015 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
ABSENT:Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Sandra Brown, 925-335-1553
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: September 15, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc:
C. 82
To:Board of Supervisors
From:David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Date:September 15, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Forensic Medical Group
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The current contract does not include the cost of transcriptions and is needed as to not extend wait times for reports
coming from the Office of the Sheriff Coroners Unit to families.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
No impact.