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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Contra
FROM: Sunne uiright McPeax Costa
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DATE: September 22 , 1992 County
SUBJECT: Requesting Bids for State Hospital Services for
Mental Health Patients from. Contra Costa County
SPECIFIC RE?UEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RCOMMENDATION•
Direct the County Administrator and Health Services Department to
prepare a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit bids from
interested medical/mental health hospitals/institutions to care
for the Contra Costa County residents who are now patients at
Napa State Hospital for the time period January 1, 1993 through
June 30, 1995. The state mental health hospital system should be
invited to also bid on the contract.
Further, request the CAO and DHS to explore with other Bay Area
counties the feasibility to •one or more joining us in this bid
process. Also, direct that the CAO and DHS consult the families
of the Napa State Hospital patients from Contra Costa and the
Mental Health Coalition in preparing the RFP in order to ensure
the patients ' needs will be addressed and that any transition of
in-patient care from Napa State Hospital to another hospital can
be done with a minimal amount of trauma to the patients and their
families.
BACKGROUND:
During the September 11, 1992, budget hearing, Health Services
Director Mark Finucane reported that Contra Costa County now has
74 patients at the Napa State Hospital at an annual cost of
approximately $8 million. Further, the rates at the state
hospitals continue to escalate at a time when we are trying to
save as much money as possible to preserve local community-based
mental health services. Therefore, it is essential that we
determine which provider can deliver the most cost-effective
services and. hospital care •for our in-patient mental health
residents from Contra Costa. The competitive bidding process
should give us a major tool to determine the best buy for our
limited resources. The RFP process should also encourage the
state to become more cost effective if they chose to remain a
major provider.
Given how much money is now being spent on hospitalization, I
would hope we could achieve at least . a $500,000 annual savings
through the RFP process for the first bid period. I would expect
even more savings and better patient outcomes in the future as we
let it be known we are serious about receiving cost-effective
care for our serious mentally ill patients.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
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SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON September 22 1992 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER y_—
The Board APPROVED the above recommendations after amending the time period for care
from January 1, 1993 through June 30, 1995 to January 1, 1993 through June 30, 1994, as
suggested by Supervisor McPeak.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED September 22, 1992
Director of Health Services Phil Batchelor,Clerk of the Board of
Contact : Karen Mitchoff $updtyISwWCourdyAdmitilStretQt
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