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Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute amendment No. 5 to the agreement with Nancy Lomeli dba Sal’s Taxi for lab specimen and patient transportation services, adding $40,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $250,000, with no change to the full agreement term of February 1, 2017 through May 30, 2024.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute amendment No. 5 to the agreement with Nancy Lomeli dba Sal’s Taxi for lab specimen and patient transportation services, adding $40,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $250,000, with no change to the full agreement term of February 1, 2017 through May 30, 2024.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
NMC provides complimentary local transportation to patients through Sal’s taxi, which aims to ease access to medical care, promote patient safety, and comply with SB1152 discharge of homeless patients. Sal’s taxi also provides time sensitive transportation of laboratory specimen and/or materials from Natividad to other laboratories and vice versa.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The Office of County Counsel has reviewed and approved this amendment No. 5 as to form, and the Auditor-Controller has reviewed and approved as to payment provisions. The amendment No. 5 has also been reviewed and approved by NMC’s Finance Committee and by its Board of Trustees on September 8, 2023.
FINANCING:
The cost for this amendment No. 5 is $40,000, which is included in the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Budget.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STRATEGIC INITIATIVES:
The services rendered in this agreement provide ease of access to medical services in Monterey County.
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Prepared by: Shabana Ford, Director of Care Coordination Utilization Review, 755-4399
Arthur T. Tiongson, Clinical Laboratory Manager, 772-7660
Approved by: Charles R. Harris, Chief Executive Officer, 783-2553
Attachments:
Nancy Lomeli dba Sal’s Taxi Amendment No. 5
Nancy Lomeli dba Sal’s Taxi Amendment No. 4
Nancy Lomeli dba Sal’s Taxi Renewal and Amendment No. 3
Nancy Lomeli dba Sal’s Taxi Amendment No. 2
Nancy Lomeli dba Sal’s Taxi Renewal and Amendment No. 1
Nancy Lomeli dba Sal’s Taxi Agreement for Services
Attachments on file with the Clerk of the Board