To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Amendment Agreement #23-384-15 with Language Line Services, Inc.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract Amendment Agreement #23-384-15 with Language Line Services, Inc., a corporation, effective November 1, 2024, to amend Contract #23-384-14, to increase the payment limit by $3,000,000, from $6,810,000 to a new payment limit of $9,810,000, to provide additional Federal and State mandated interpretation and translation services and back-up telephonic services to our Healthcare Interpreter Network (HCIN) with no change in the original term of May 1, 2020 through April 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Amendment will result in additional contractual service expenditures of up to $3,000,000 and will be funded as budgeted 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I revenues. (No additional rates)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract allows County to meet Title VI language access regulations and Limited English Proficient (LEP) patient/client needs for the County. This Contract was entered into under and subject to the following legal authority: California Government Code ?? 31000. Health Services Personnel approved this Contract to ensure no conflicts with labor relations. This Contractor has been a part of Contra Costa Health Services providing interpretation and translations services and fostering a deep understanding of the County's organizations mission, values, and long-term objectives since January 2006.
On May 26, 2020, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #23-384-14 with Language Line Services, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $6,810,000, for the provision of Federal and State mandated interpretation and translation services and back-up telephonic services to our HCIN, for the period May 1, 2020 through April 30, 2025....
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