| Item Title: | Medical Examiner's Office - Southwest Brain Banks |
| Submitted By: | Irene Santiago, Chief of Operations, Office of the Medical Examiner (915) 532-1447 |
| Subject: | Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the Third Renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding between El Paso County on Behalf of Its Medical Examiner and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso for the Southwest Brain Banks research program from October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020. (Contract No. 2019-0611) |
| Background: | The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, specifically Southwest Brain Bank, is a mood disorders research program authorized to receive anatomical gifts, including brain tissue under the Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 692A. The research program will obtain cadaver brain and associated tissue from donors in the custody of the Medical Examiner. |
| Fiscal Impact: | N/A |
| Recommendation: | Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the Third Renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding between El Paso County on Behalf of Its Medical Examiner and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso for the Southwest Brain Banks research program from October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020. (Contract No. 2019-0611) |
| Prior Action: | 9-26-16 Consent, letter W Contract No. 2016-0492
8-14-17 Consent, letter J Contract No. 2017-0465
9-17-18 Consent, letter J Contract No. 2018-0430
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