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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS "•
FROM: William Walker, M.D. , Health Services Director •f
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By: Ginger Marieiro,. Contracts Administrator
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DATE: July 11, 1996 County
SUBJECT: Approval 'of Mental Health Specialist Contract #24-403-3 with
Jon Whalen, M.D.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director or his designee
(Lorna Bastian) to execute on behalf of the County, Mental Health
Specialist Contract #24-403-3 with Jon Whalen, M.D. , for the period
from July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997, with a payment limit of
$28, 000, for psychiatric care and treatment for adolescents placed
by County at CPC Walnut Creek Hospital, or other authorized hospital
facilities. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension
through December 31, 1997, in the amount of $14 , 000.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Funding for this Contract is included in the Department' s Fiscal
Year 1996-97 Budget, and the source of funding is County/
Realignment, partially off-set by Medi-Cal, Medicare, and insurance
billed by the Department.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
Approval of Contract #24-403-3 will allow Jon Whalen, M.D. to
provide psychiatric evaluation and treatment of up to four minors at
a time, hospitalized by the County at CPC Walnut Creek Hospital,
through June 30, 1997, in lieu of placing minors in Merrithew
Memorial Hospital 's I and J Wards, pursuant to the Board of
Supervisors Order of February 14, 1989.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATUR • �
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIG'NATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON 7 .799C7 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
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UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: I� AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Lorna Bastian (313-6411)
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