RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and Authorize the purchasing agent, on behalf of the Health Services Department to execute a blanket purchase order with the State of California Department of Health, Genetic Disease Branch, in the amount of $275,000 for genetic screening tests for newborns at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC), for the period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% funding is included in the Hospital Enterprise Fund I Budget.
BACKGROUND:
The California Department of Health requires that CCRMC perform genetic screening tests on all newborn babies born at CCRMC. The state supplies the guidelines, forms, and supplies for this testing. This testing ensures that at-risk newborns are diagnosed as soon as possible so that they may be treated.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Purchase Order is not approved, the CCRMC Clinical Laboratory will not be able to provide genetic testing for newborns as required by the State of California.
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