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FROM: William Walker, M.D. , Health Services Director •f ,
By: Ginger Marieiro, Contracts Administrator Contra
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DATE: January 6, 1997 County
SUBJECT: Approve Standard Agreement #29-311-4 with the State
Emergency Medical Services Authority
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I . RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his
designee (Art Lathrop) , to execute on behalf of the County, a
Statement of Compliance, the required Drug-Free Workplace
Certification and Standard Agreement #29-311-4 (State EMS-6032)
with the State Emergency Medical! Services (EMS) Authority, for the
period from September 1, 1996 ''through August 31, 1997, in the
amount of $25, 000, for the Poison Control Center Alternatives
Study.
II . FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Agreement will result in $25, 000 of funding from
the State 'EMS Authority, for the period from September 1, 1996
through August 31, 1997 . No County funds are required.
III . REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
Since 1994 the State EMS Authority has provided funding for the
Poison Control Center Alternatives Study.
On August 8, 1995, the Board of Supervisors approved Standard
Agreement #29-311-1 (as amended ,by amendment agreements #29-311-2
and #29-311-3) , to provide funding for two alternative model
programs to be developed for implementation: , (1) through an
existing "nurse screening" system, and (2) ' through trained
emergency medical dispatchers ',working in a secondary "9-1-1"
Public Safety Answering Point . ' Approval of Standard Agreement
##29-311-4 will provide $25, 009 of State funding to continue this
project through August 31, 1997.
Five sealed and certified copies of this Board Order should be
returned to the Contracts and Grants Unit for submission to the
State.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: C
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR "RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S) Q
ACTION OF BOARD ON oZI 1 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND ''CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ;ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Art Lathrop (646-4690)
CC: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED a-I -1997
State EMS Authority
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