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Chief Administrative Office, Emergency Medical Services & Emergency Preparedness and Response Division, recommending the Board consider the following related to the receipt of funding from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Provider Relief Fund:
1) Authorize the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) to submit information and accept terms and conditions authorizing an additional distribution of funding from the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund General Distribution;
2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign a budget transfer increasing revenues and appropriations in County Service Areas 3 and 7 by a total of $112,452 to distribute the estimated funding to the ambulance service contractors in those areas (4/5 vote required);
3) Find that providing this funding to ambulance service contractors supports a valuable public benefit by assisting such contractors to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus;
4) Authorize the CAO to sign funding agreements, contingent upon County Counsel approval, or claims for direct payments to the California-Tahoe Emergency Services Operations Authority, the El Dorado County Emergency Services Authority, and the North Tahoe Fire Protection District for documented eligible expenses incurred by those agencies;
5) Authorize Wittman Enterprises, the County’s ambulance billing processer, to register and participate in the CARES Act Uninsured Relief Fund program on behalf of the County to seek reimbursement for services provided to uninsured COVID-19 patients; and
6) Authorize the CAO to accept the Uninsured Relief Fund Payment Terms and Conditions.
FUNDING: Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Provider Relief Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the CARES Act, which includes the $100 billion Provider Relief Fund for hospitals and other healthcare providers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. Department of Health a...
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