HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09222009 - C.51RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Donna Wigand), to
execute, on behalf of the County, Contract #24–794–7(11) with St. Helena Hospital St.
Helena Hospital and St. Helena Hospital Center for Behavioral Health, a non-profit
corporation, in an amount not to exceed $250,000, to provide inpatient psychiatric hospital
services for the period from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is 100% funded by Managed Care Allocation.
BACKGROUND:
On January 1, 1995, based on the Assembly Bill (AB) 757 (Chapter 633, Statutes of 1994),
the State Department of Mental Health (DMH) transferred state funding for
Fee-For-Service/Medi-Cal (FFS/MC) acute psychiatric inpatient hospital services and the
responsibility for authorization and funding of Medi-Cal acute psychiatric inpatient hospital
services to counties.
On September 16, 2008, the Board of
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 09/22/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Donna Wigand
(957-5111)
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: September 22, 2009
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Celicia Nelson, Deputy
cc: J Pigg, B Borbon
C.51
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:September 22, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract #24–794–7(11) with St. Helena Hospital and St. Helena Hospital Center for Behavioral Health
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
Supervisors approved Contract #24–794–7(10) with St. Helena Hospital for the period from
July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009, for the provision of inpatient psychiatric hospital
services to County-referred patients, under FFS/MC funding.
The State DMH continues to provide FFS/MC funding to the County. Approval of Contract
#24–794–7(11) will allow the Contractor to continue providing services through June 30,
2010, including mutual indemnification to hold harmless both parties for any claims arising
out of the performance of this contract.