RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Interagency Agreement #26-758 with the Regents of the University of California, a California Constitutional corporation, on behalf of the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center (UCSF), in an amount not to exceed $99,000, for the provision of remote neurology and neurovascular consultations services for patients at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Contra Costa Health Centers (CCRMC), for the period from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014 including mutual indemnification to hold harmless both parties for any claims arising out of the performance of this Contract.

FISCAL IMPACT:

100% Funding is included in the Enterprise Fund I Budget.

BACKGROUND:

Under this Agreement #26-758 UCSF will provide, twenty-four hour a day, remote neurology and neurovascular consultation services for patients being treated in the Emergency Department or Inpatient Units at CCRMC, though December 31, 2014.