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Chief Administrative Office, Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Preparedness and Response Division, recommending the Board consider the following:
1) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Amendment II to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 266-S1410 with Barton Healthcare System and Marshall Medical Center for disbursement of Richie's Funds from the County's EMS Fund, allowing the County to notify the hospitals by written notification of a new annual funding amount; and
2) Authorize the Chair to execute Amendment II to MOU 266-S1410.
FUNDING: Fines, penalties, or forfeitures collected by the courts for applicable criminal offenses under California Government Code 76000.5, California Health and Safety Code Section 1797.98a, and County Resolution 192-2007.
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BACKGROUND
The Maddy Emergency Medical Services Fund is a special revenue fund that was established pursuant to Health and Safety Code ยง 1797.98a. The EMS Fund receives court penalty assessments which are used to reimburse physicians and surgeons the cost of uncompensated emergency care and to provide for other EMS expenses. The EMS Fund includes a sub-fund, the Richie's Fund, which is dedicated to funding pediatric trauma centers, or in counties without a pediatric trauma center, improving access to pediatric trauma and emergency services. On December 15, 2020, the Board approved the transfer of responsibility of the EMS Fund from the Health and Human Services Agency to the Chief Administrative Office, Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Preparedness and Response Division.
In March 2021, the Board approved Amendment I to MOU 266-S1410, extending the contract term through March 1, 2024.
Amendment II clarifies the reimbursement process and time frame, and allows the County to modify the annual funding amounts by written notification to the hospitals, i.e. a letter signed by the contract administrator. Amendment II also authorizes the one-time reimbursement of eligible items previous...
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