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File #: 18-2207    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Continued
File created: 10/4/2018 In control: Health and Human Services Agency
On agenda: 10/16/2018 Final action:
Title: Discussion and Possible Action Including Adoption of Resolution Approving Creation of an Emergency Medical Care Committee to Serve and Act in an Advisory Capacity to the Local Emergency Medical Services Agency and the Board of Supervisors; Approval of Proposed By-Laws for the Emergency Medical Care Committee; Prescription of Membership Composition for the Emergency Medical Care Committee; and Direction to Staff to Work with the Clerk of the Board to Establish Membership Application Processes and Other Procedures as Needed (Sponsor: Health and Human Services Agency)
Attachments: 1. Resolution, 2. Draft Bylaws

TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Health and Human Services Agency
MEETING DATE: October 16, 2018


DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Tammy Moss Chandler
PHONE:
463-7774
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Barbara Howe
PHONE:
472-2789


ITEM TYPE: Regular Agenda

TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: 15 Minutes


AGENDA TITLE:
title
Discussion and Possible Action Including Adoption of Resolution Approving Creation of an Emergency Medical Care Committee to Serve and Act in an Advisory Capacity to the Local Emergency Medical Services Agency and the Board of Supervisors; Approval of Proposed By-Laws for the Emergency Medical Care Committee; Prescription of Membership Composition for the Emergency Medical Care Committee; and Direction to Staff to Work with the Clerk of the Board to Establish Membership Application Processes and Other Procedures as Needed
(Sponsor: Health and Human Services Agency)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Adopt Resolution approving creation of an Emergency Medical Care Committee to serve and act in an advisory capacity to the Local Emergency Medical Services Agency and the Board of Supervisors; approve proposed by-laws for the Emergency Medical Care Committee; prescribe membership composition for the Emergency Medical Care Committee; and direct staff to work with the Clerk of the Board to establish membership application processes and other procedures as needed; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
On July 27, 1982 it was the consensus of the Board of Supervisors that Mendocino County establish its own Emergency Medical Care Committee ("EMCC").

SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
California Health & Safety Code (HSC) ? 1797.270 states "[a]n emergency medical care committee may be established in each county in this state." Although not an official committee of the Board of Supervisors, a large group of local stakeholders known as the Emergency Medical Care Committee (EMCC) has been meeting regularly for at least the pa...

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