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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Talker,M.D.,Health Services Director -%' '' Contra
By: Jacqueline Pigg,Contracts Administrator Castel
DATE: Septmeber 22, 2004 County
SUBJECT. Approval of Agreement#26-358-3 with the California Transplant Donor Network
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director or his designee(Jeff Smith,M.D.)to execute on behalf of the
County, Agreement #26-358-3 with the California 'transplant Donor Network, a non-profit corporation, for
provision of organ procurement services, for the period from November 1, 2004 through October 31, 2009 .
FISCAL IMPACT:
This is a non-financial agreement.
Lander 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, tissue and eye banks to cooperate in the retrieval, processing, preservation, storage and
distribution of organ and tissue donations. This is 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 the potential donor
to ensure optimum organ viability, and organ allocation consistent with national policy.
On January 15, 2002, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-358-2 with the California Transplant
Donor Network, for the period from November 1,2001 through October 31,2004.
Approval of this Agreement #26-358-3 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 31,2009.
ATTACHMENT:
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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JOHN SWEETEN,CLERK OF VHE BOAR OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contact Person*. Jeff Smith, MD (370-5113) �
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