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WHEREAS , UNC Health recognizes that — barring modification to the <br /> current Orange County IVC Transportation Plan — the Orange County Sheriffs <br /> Office will bear responsibility for meeting this increased need for Transportation <br /> Services ; and, <br /> WHEREAS , UNC Health recognizes that meeting this increased need has the <br /> potential to divert resources from the many other vital functions the Orange County <br /> Sheriffs Office provides within the Orange County community , and, <br /> WHEREAS , it is in the best interest of UNC Health to ensure its patients <br /> receive Transportation Services to Youth Behavioral Hospital promptly, including <br /> outside of regular business hours ; and, <br /> WHEREAS , UNC Hospitals — which is part of UNC Health Care System — <br /> maintain a campus - law enforcement agency, pursuant to N . C . Gen . Stat . § 11640 . 55 <br /> with law enforcement officers assigned to its Orange County facilities as well as to <br /> the Youth Behavioral Hospital ; and <br /> WHEREAS , UNC Hospitals generally has equipment and staff available to <br /> transport patients ; and <br /> WHEREAS , UNC Health now desires to conduct certain Transportation <br /> Services directly through its law enforcement officers , security personnel , and <br /> other personnel (collectively , " Transportation Personnel" ) by providing <br /> transportation of certain involuntary civil commitment respondents between its <br /> Orange County facilities to the Youth Behavioral Hospital in a manner consistent <br /> with the terms of the Orange County IVC Transportation Plan , as approved by <br /> the Orange County Board of Commissioners on 10 March 2020 ; and, <br /> WHEREAS , UNC Health desires to continue to utilize the Orange County <br /> Sheriff' s Office as needed for Transportation Services unrelated to the Youth <br /> Behavioral Hospital, and may from time to time still desire to utilize the Orange <br /> County Sheriffs Office as needed for Transportation Services related to the <br /> Youth Behavioral Hospital ; and , <br /> WHEREAS , all Transportation Personnel will receive Crisis Intervention <br /> Training ; UNC Health will supply vehicles for the transportation of involuntary <br /> civil commitment respondents ; UNC Health will maintain the following insurance <br /> coverages : (General Liability coverage equal to or greater than $ 1 million per <br /> occurrence / $ 2 million aggregate per annum ; Commercial Automobile insurance , <br /> including bodily injury/property damage liability . coverage , equal to or greater <br /> than $ 1 million per accident for any vehicle used in the provision of services , <br /> including owned, hired, and non- owned vehicles ; and coverage under the North <br /> Carolina Workers Compensation Act) ; UNC Health will comply with applicable law <br /> in the custody and transportation of •involuntary civil commitment respondents ; <br /> and, to the extent permitted by law , including the North Carolina Tort Claims Act , <br /> Page 2 of 3 <br />