RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract Extension Agreement #76-553-2 with The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, a California Constitutional Corporation, to extend the termination date from November 30, 2018 to November 30, 2020 with no change in the original payment limit of $50,000 to continue to provide pediatric cardiology services.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None, there is no change in the Contract Payment Limit of $50,000. This Contract is funded by 100% Hospital Enterprise Fund I. (No rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

On December 20, 2016, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #76-553 (as amended by extension agreement #76-553-1), with The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, a California Constitutional Corporation, for the provision of pediatric cardiology services, including, fetal echocardiograms and electrocardiograms for the Pediatrics Unit at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) through November 30, 2018. This agreement includes mutual indemnification.