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TO.. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Mark Finucane , Health Services Director Contra
FROM: By : Elizabeth A. Spooner , Contracts Administrato r @
Costa
DATE: February 6, 1989 County
Approval of Contract Amendment Agreement #26-176-2
SUBJECT: with Family Ways
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I . RECOMMENDED ACTION :
Approve and authorize the Health Services tirector to execute on
behalf of the County , Contract Amendment Agreement 426-176-2 ,
effective January 1 , 1989 , with Family Ways to amend Contract
426-176 (as amended by Contract Amendment Agreement #26-176-1 )
to provide for an increased level of nursing registry services
at Merrithew Memorial Hospital and Clinics . This amendment
increases the payment limit of the Contract by $75 , 000 , from
$100 ,000 to a new total payment limit of $ 175 ,000 .
II . FINANCIAL IMPACT :
This contract is fully funded in the Health Services Department
Budget for FY 1988-89 through salary savings generated from
vacant Registered Nurse positions .
III . REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND :
On November 8 , 1988 , the Board approved Contract Amendment
Agreement 426-176-1 with Family Ways , increasing the payment
limit of Contract #26-176 , which was approved by the County
Administrator ' s Office and executed by the Purchasing Agent , to
provide for an increased level of temporary licensed nursing
personnel to assist Merrithew Memorial Hospital and Clinics
during peak loads , temporary absences and emergency, situations .
Family Ways is a nursing registry which specializes in nurses
trained for labor and delivery, post-partum, and newborn
nursery.
During the term of this Contract , the Department has been
experiencing a situation in which the inpatient census has risen
to an historical high. Because of a nationwide shortage of
nurses , the Department has had to rely heavily on nursing
registries in order to provide patient care in accordance with
Title XXII . The unanticipated rise in the number of babies
being born at the Hospital has made accurate projection of
expenditures impossible . The purpose of Contract Amendment
Agreement 426-176-2 is to again increase the contract payment
level to cover the cost of the additional nursing services which
have been required to take care of County ' s patients . /
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE'
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDAT ON OF BOARD CO MITCTPPl"E000"E^^^�s���
APPROVE OTHER .
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED lt'11� OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
FEB 14 1989
cc: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED
Risk Management PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Auditor-Controller SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contractor
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