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C. 50
To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date: May  26, 2020
The Seal of Contra Costa County, CA
Contra
Costa
County
Subject: Contract #23-384-14 with Language Line Services, Inc.

APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On:   05/26/2020
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: Patrick Godley, 925-957-5405
cc: L Walker     M Wilhelm    
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:     May  26, 2020
David Twa,
 
BY: , Deputy

 

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #23-384-14 with Language Line Services, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $6,810,000, to provide Federal and State mandated services and back-up telephonic services to the County’s Health Services Department for the period from May 1, 2020 through April 30, 2025.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This contract is funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I budget. (No rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

This Contract allows County to meet Title VI language access regulations and Limited English Proficient (LEP) patient/client needs for the County.  
  


BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
On July 7, 2015, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #23-384-11 (as amended by Amendment Agreement #23-384-12 and #23-384-13) with Language Line Services, Inc., for the provision of mandated over-the-phone interpretation, testing of our in-house healthcare interpreters, and translation services for the Health Services Department including, but not limited to recruiting, screening, training and supervising qualified interpreters to translate over 100 languages, for the period from May 1, 2015 through April 30, 2020.

Approval of Contract #23-384-14 will allow the Contractor to continue to provide Federal and State mandated services and back-up telephonic services to the County’s Health Services Department, through April 30, 2025.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, the Contractor will not be able to provide translation services required by State and Federal mandates.

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