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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: William Walker, M.D. , Health Services Director
By: Ginger Marieiro, Contracts Administrator ' . JF' Contra
DATE: July 18, 1997 Costa
County
SUBJECT: Approval of Contract #24-900 with Healthcare Management dba Merced
Manor
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee
(Donna Wigand) , to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract
#24-900 with Healthcare Management dba Merced Manor, for the period
from June 1, 1997 through May 31, 1998, in the amount of $70, 137.87,
for admission of, and treatment for, mentally disturbed adults under
age 65 who are in need of subacute skilled nursing care in a
facility known as an Institution for the Mentally Diseased (IMD) .
This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension through
November 30, 1998 in the amount of $35, 069.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This Contract is included in the Health Services Department's Fiscal
Year 1997-98 Budget, and the funding source is County/Realignment
100%.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
Effective July 1, 1992, State Mental Health Realignment Legislation
shifted responsibility for payment to providers from the State to
the Counties and required Counties to assume direct responsibility
for contracting with sub-acute skilled nursing facilities known as
Institutions for the Mentally Diseased (IMD's) .
Approval of contract #24-900, will allow the Contractor to provide
services through May 31, 1998.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIG"NATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON CA h&q A XQ s APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I 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.
Contact: Donna Wigand, L.C.S.W. (313-6411) � /
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