Order ~ • 25558
royal of neon rate for
~ical ExanuT1PY Se~'ice5
Septe~~r 14, 1998
Vol V Page 799
ORDER N0. cS55ti
APF'ROVRL OF NEW RATE FOR MEDICRL. EXAMINER SERVICES
On this day the 14th day of September, 1`3`38 ~_ipon motion made
by Commissioner Baldwin, seconded by Gommissioner• Letz, the
Court unanimously approved 6y a vote of 4-0-0, the new rate
for• Medical Examinee services between Travis County and I:er~r•
County.
ROBERTO J. BAYARDO, M.D.
Diplomate of American Board
of Pathology
CHIEF MEDICAL F.XAMINF:R
ELIZABETH PEACOCK, M.D.
Diplomate of American Board
of Pathology
DF.PPTY MEDICAL EXAMINER
JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION
OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER OF TRAVIS COUNTY
FORENSIC CENTER
1213 Sabine Street P.O. Box 1748 Austin, Texas 787fi7 Tel: (512) 473-9599 Fax: (5l2) 473-9044
August 15, 1998
Honorable Robert Denson (or successor)
Kerr County Judge
700 Main Street
Kerrville TX 78028
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RE: Notice of Rate Change for Medical Examiner Services Under Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with
Travis County
Dear Judge Denson.
Pursuant to Sections 7.02 and 11.0 of the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for Medical Examiner Services
(ICAMES) Between Travis County and Kerr County, this letter shall serve as notice of a change in the rate for
MEDICAL EXAMINER SERVICES, effective October 1, 1998
Section 3.02 of the current ICAMES between Travis County and Kerr County sets a rate of payment for Medical
Examiner Services at nine hundred dollars ($900.00) for each body. The new rate for Medical Examiner
Services, effective October 1, 1998, is One Thousand dollars ($1000.00) for each body. Travis County has
determined that this rate increase is necessary in order to cover the increased actual costs to Travis County of
providing the services.
Under Section 7.02 of the 1CAMES, Travis County may amend the rate by sending notice of the rate change at
lease sixty (60) days before the change is to become effective. If Kerr County does not send a notice in
compliance with Section 11.0 of the ICAMES stating that the change is unacceptable prior to its effective date,
Kerr county shall be deemed to have accepted the rate charge and shall pay the new rate fer any Medical
Examiner Services provided by Travis County after the effective date of the rate change. Notice from Kerr
County that the amended rate is unacceptable will result in termination of the ICAMES. In that event, if Kerr
County should desire to obtain Medical Examiner Services from Travis County in the future, a new Interlocal
Cooperation Agreement for Medical Examiner Services between Travis County and Kerr County would have to
be executed.
Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact my Office Administrator, Darlene Dunn, at (512) 473-
9042.
Sincepely
ROBERT BAYARDO, M.D.
Chief Medical Examiner