RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Auditor-Controller, on behalf of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, to make a payment for Basic Life Support ambulance services to Bay Medic Transportation in an amount not to exceed $20,493 for the period February 1, 2022, through February 29, 2022.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% CCCFPD EMS Transport Fund. Patients are billed for the service.
BACKGROUND:
Contra Costa County, like the rest of the nation, experienced a serious surge of COVID-19 cases that overwhelmed the local Emergency Medical Service (EMS) and health system and resulted in critical ambulance shortages and prolonged ambulance patient off-load times at area hospitals.
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