HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03232010 - C.100RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Donna Wigand), to
execute, on behalf of the County, Contract #24-086-145(6) with Crestwood Behavioral
Health, Inc., corporation, in an amount not to exceed $95,000, to provide Emergency
Residential Care Placement Agreement, for the period from January 1, 2010 through
December 31, 2010.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 100% by Mental Health Realignment.
BACKGROUND:
For several years, the County's Mental Health Adult Services Program has used these
Agreements as an interim financing mechanism to facilitate the residential care of mentally
disabled clients and movement of clients, who are deemed eligible for SSI/SSP, from State
or local inpatient facilities to community-based facilities. This Program provides residential
care for 40 to 50 clients per year. Under this program, the County pays the State-established
rates for the residential
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 03/23/2010 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
ABSENT:Mary N. Piepho, District III
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: March 23, 2010
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: KATHERINE SINCLAIR, Deputy
cc: B Borbon, D Morgan
C.100
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:March 23, 2010
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract #24-086-145(6) with Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc.
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
care of mental health clients who are not yet receiving SSI/SSP (but who are potentially
eligible and have made formal application to the Social Security Administration for
SSI/SSP), contingent upon the client's signing an agreement with the County to reimburse
the County from the SSI/SSP money, once it is finally granted by the federal government
(usually 3 to 6 months retroactively back to the month of application).
On December 16, 2008, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #24-086-145(5) for
the period from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009, for the provision of
emergency residential care.
Approval of Contract #24-086-145(6) will allow the Contractor to continue to provide
services through December 31, 2010, including mutual indemnification to hold harmless
both parties for any claims arising out of the performance of this Contract.