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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. A - S <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 22, 1998 <br />SUBJECT: Contract Renewal; Jail Medical Services <br />DEPARTMENT: PURCHASING AND Public Hearing: No <br />CENTRAL SERVICES Budget Amendment Reqd? No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Renewal <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />PAM JONES, ext. 2650 <br />Telephone Number- <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approving a contract renewal with Orange Family Medical Center for <br />Jail medical services through June 30, 1999. <br />BACKGROUND:: Since 1985 the County has contracted with this medical group to provide <br />medical services to the inmates of the Orange County Jail. Counties are mandated by State law <br />to provide medical care for any inmate in the custody of the Orange County Jail. <br />Orange Family Medical Group has agreed to renew the contract through June 30, 1999. Although <br />the number of beds in the Jail has increased by 58 during the previous contract period, Orange <br />Family Medical Group will continue the 1997 rate of $16,500. The use of EMS medics in the Jail <br />and the $10 co-payment program for non-emergency doctor visits continues to keep the number <br />of physician calls in check, thereby allowing us to maintain a favorable contractual rate. <br />The County will continue to be invoiced separately for testing and x-rays required as treatment for <br />the inmate. Historically, the costs for these services have been $2,000-$3,000 per year. <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board approve the renewal of the Jail <br />Medical Services contract with Orange Family Medical Group through June 30, 1999 for a sum of <br />$16,500 per year; and authorize the Chair to sign on behalf of the Board. <br />