HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02061996 - C72 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: William Walker, M.D. , Health Services. Director Contra
to Costa
DATE: January 24, 1996 County
SUBJECT: Approval of Contract Amendment Agreement #23-187-2 with The Abaris
Group
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, Contract
Amendment Agreement #23-187-2, effective November 1, 1995, to amend
Standard Contract #23-187 (as extended by Contract Extension
Agreement #23-187-1) with The Abaris Group, to increase the payment
limit by $39 , 139, from $68, 000 to a new Contract Payment Limit of
$107, 139.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 100% by the State Emergency Medical
Services (EMS) Authority. No County funds are required.
III. BACKGROUND:
On April 11, 1994, the Internal Operations Committee approved a
special project to study Poison Control Alternatives to be carried
out by the Health Services Department with federal block grant funds
received through a State EMS Authority grant (County #29-311,
approved by the Board of Supervisors on October 25, 1994) .
On December 20, 1994, the Board of Supervisors approved Standard
Contract #23-187 (as extended by Contract Extension Agreement #23-
187-1) with The Abaris Group, for the period from November 15, 1994
through June 24 , 1996, to design, develop and evaluate, two
alternative delivery models of poison call screening for
implementation by the County; one through an existing "nurse
screening" system and the other through trained emergency medical
dispatchers working in a secondary 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering
Point.
Approval of Contract Amendment Agreement #23-187-2 will allow the
Contractor to implement the two model 'programs and provide initial
model evaluation services during the second year of this project.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: W wt —
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON 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
Risk Management Phil Batchelor,Clerk of Ofe Board 0 -T-
Auditor-Controller Suurvisors and County Administrator
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