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a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad or his designee to execute the Renewal and Amendment 4 to the Professional Services Agreement with The Regents of the University of California, on behalf of the University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics (UCSF) to provide child abuse specialist services, extending the term by twelve months (retroactive to October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023) for a revised full agreement term of August 1, 2018 to September 30, 2023, and adding $58,932, for a revised total not to exceed amount of $209,277 in the aggregate.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad or his designee to execute the Renewal and Amendment 4 to the Professional Services Agreement with The Regents of the University of California, on behalf of the University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics (UCSF) to provide child abuse specialist services, extending the term by twelve months (retroactive to October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023) for a revised full agreement term of August 1, 2018 to September 30, 2023, and adding $58,932, for a revised total not to exceed amount of $209,277 in the aggregate.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Natividad operates the Sally P. Archer Child Advocacy Center and Bates-Eldredge Child Abuse
Clinic, where healthcare providers perform medical-legal examinations to help evaluate suspected or actual child abuse cases and provide documented evidence to assist in the prosecution of criminal cases. The clinic also provides forensic interviewing conducted by highly qualified and credentialed interviewers. It is the only service of its kind in Monterey County.
In order to provide these critical services, Natividad has an agreement with UCSF, for which a board-certified child abuse specialist physician, Dr. Christopher Stewart, provides supervision, direction and expert consultation on cases of physician child abuse and neglect by being available by phone for hospital pediatricians and forensic nurse practitioners in the clinic.
Natividad entered into a professional Services Agreement for UCSF to provide Natividad Child Abuse Specialist Services on September 1, 2018, which was extended through several amendments, but expired on September 30, 2022. The parties acknowledge and agree that, for the period following the expiration of the Services Agreement they have been acting under the terms and conditions of the Services Agreement without interruption. Natividad has obtained an independent opinion of fair market value supporting the payment terms of this agreement.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
County Counsel has reviewed and approved this Amendment as to legal form and the Auditor-Controller has reviewed and approved this Amendment as to fiscal provisions. The Amendment has also been reviewed and approved by Natividad’s Finance Committee and Board of Trustees.
FINANCING:
The cost of this amendment is $58,932. The total not to exceed amount of this Agreement is
$209,277 for the period August 1, 2018 to September 30, 2023. $58,932 is included in the
Fiscal Year 2022/2023 Adopted Budget. The remaining balance will be budgeted in subsequent
fiscal years. There is no impact to the General Fund.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STRATEGIC INITIATIVES:
Partnering with UCSF will enhance the breadth of services now being provided at Natividad for
children in Monterey and neighboring counties, thus allowing more children to remain closer to home for their acute pediatric care rather than being transferred to distant Northern California Bay Area hospitals.
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Prepared by: Jeanne-Ann Balza, Director of Physician Services, 783.2506
Approved by: Dr. Charles R. Harris, Chief Executive Officer, 783.2553
Attachments:
Amendment 4
Amendment 3
Amendment 2
Amendment 1
Agreement
Attachments on file at the Clerk of the Board