To: Board of Supervisors
From: David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Report Title: Donor Network West
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to enter into a contract with Donor Network West, for the provision of organ procurement services, at no cost, for the period May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
Donor Network West is the third largest federally designated organ procurement organization and one of the largest tissue recovery organizations. During the normal course of the Office of the Sheriff-Coroner's business, the County has access to potential eye, organ and tissue donors that could potentially be used for transplantation. The County and the Donor Network West seek to continue to work in a cooperative relationship to ensure the timely retrieval, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of various eye, organ, and tissue donations.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
A negative action by the Board would prevent the Office of the Sheriff to have an agreement in place to comply with the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (Health and Safety Code Section 7150 et seq.).