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FROM: William Walker, M.D. , Health Services Director .
By: Ginger Marieiro, Contracts Administrator - j Contra
DATE: September 2, 1997 Costa
County
SUBJECT: Approval Of Contract Amendment Agreement #24-353-21
with Center for New Americans
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee
(Donna Wigand, L.C.S.W. ) to execute on behalf of the County,
Contract Amendment Agreement #24-353-21 with Center for New
Americans, effective March 1, 1997, to increase the Contract payment
limit by $8, 000, from $41, 704 to a new total of $49, 704 .
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded as follows:
$ 5, 000 Federal FFP Medi-Cal Funds
44 ,704 County Mental/Health Realignment
$49, 704 Total
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
This Contractor trains and administers a pool of multilingual mental
health interpreters, who are available upon request to aid County
staff in the provision of mental health services to non-English
speaking immigrants. These interpreters are also available at
Merrithew Memorial Hospital to assure required advisement of rights
to non-English speaking patients who are involuntarily hospitalized.
On February 25, 1997, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation
Contract #24-353-19 (as amended by Administrative Amendment
Agreement #24-353-20) with Center for New Americans, for the period
from July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997 . Approval of Contract
Amendment Agreement #24-353-21 will allow the Contractor to provide
additional multilingual mental health interpretation services
through June 30, 1997 .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: I;,�/
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIG"NATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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.
Contact: Donna Wigand, L.C.S.W. (313-6411)
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