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C.126

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Date:	March 31, 2020

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Donor Network West

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/31/2020

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Sandra Brown 925-335-1553

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: March 31, 2020
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee to enter into an Agreement with Donor Network West for the provision of organ procurement services, for the period of May 1, 2020 through April 30, 2022.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No Fiscal Impact.

BACKGROUND:

Donor Network West is the third largest federally designated organ procurement organization and one of the largest tissue recovery organizations. During the normal course of the Office of the Sheriff-Coroner's business, County has access to potential eye, organ and tissue donors that could potentially be used for transplantation. County and the Donor Network West seek to continue to work in a cooperative relationship to ensure the timely retrieval, processing, preservation, storage, and distribution of various eye, organ and tissue donations.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The consequence of a negative action would to not have an Agreement in place to be in compliance with the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (Health and Safety Code Section 7150 et seq.)