Special Notice / Hearing: None
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Chester J. Kunnappilly, MD, Chief Executive Officer, San Mateo Medical Center
Subject: Third Amendment to Agreement Between The County of San Mateo and Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital At Stanford For Expert Consultation Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the third amendment to the agreement with Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford (LCPH) increasing the "not to exceed" amount by $ 50,000 and extending the term of the agreement by two months.
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BACKGROUND:
In 2021, on behalf of the County of San Mateo, San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) engaged LCPH to provide "expert consultation services" at the Keller Center for Family Violence. These services consisted of child abuse pediatricians providing care to abused minors, providing forensic evaluation services to the County to aid court proceedings, and acting as a liaison among SMMC medical and nursing professionals so that best practices in treating and evaluating child abuse may be followed. The original "not to exceed" amount in the first iteration of the contract in 2021 was $ 110,000, which permitted SMMC to negotiate and sign the agreement at the agency level under County Administrative Memorandum B-1. In July, 2022 that contract was renewed with an expansion of the scope of services and the addition of on-call consultation services by first amendment dated February 2023 all in an amount not to exceed $ 189,332, still less than the $ 200,000 fiscal threshold required for Board of Supervisors approval under County Administrative Memorandum B-1. On July 1, 2023 - following Board of Supervisors review and approval - the County and LPCH agreed to extend the agreement without any additional change for one month and added $25,000 to the "not to exceed amount" (NTE), raising the amount to $ 2...
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