Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Nancy Lapolla, MPH, Director, Emergency Medical Services Agency
Subject: Agreement with the San Mateo County Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Services Group to be a Designated Paramedic First Response Provider
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with the San Mateo County Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Services Group (JPA) to be a designated paramedic first response provider and to authorize the Emergency Medical Services Agency to provide funding identified in the American Medical Response West (AMR) contract to the JPA for the term of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2024, with an option to extend until June 30, 2029.
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BACKGROUND:
The San Mateo County Emergency Medical Services Agency (EMS Agency), housed within County Health, provides administrative and regulatory oversight for the local EMS system. The EMS Agency's primary function is to plan, implement, and evaluate the local EMS system and its various components. This includes authorizing advanced life support (ALS) providers (paramedic level) for the delivery of emergency medical care to the sick and injured. Title 22, Division 9, Section 100168 requires an EMT-Paramedic Service Provider to have a written agreement with the local EMS agency to participate in the advanced life support program and to comply with all applicable State regulations and local policies and procedures, including participation in the local EMS agency's quality improvement system.
On May 14, 2019, your Board approved a resolution authorizing an agreement with AMR for the provision of emergency ambulance services with ALS ambulance transport, which includes a payment to the JPA for first response paramedic services. This agreement allows the JPA to continue to be designated by the EMS Agency as a Paramedic Service Provider and ...
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