HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09092014 - C.106RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract
#24-794-7(17) with St. Helena Hospital, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $400,000, to provide
inpatient psychiatric hospital services for the period from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 100% by Managed Care Allocation. (Rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
Assembly Bill (AB) 757, (Chapter 633, Statutes of 1994), authorized the transfer of state funding for
Fee-For-Service/Medi-Cal (FFS/MC) acute psychiatric inpatient hospital services from the Department of Health
Services (DHCS) to the Department of Mental Health (DMH). On January 1, 1995, the DMH transferred these funds
and the responsibility for authorization and funding of Medi-Cal acute psychiatric inpatient hospital
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 09/09/2014 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
ABSENT:Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Contact: CYNTHIA BELON
957-5201
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 9, 2014
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: D Morgan, C Rucker
C.106
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:September 9, 2014
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract #24-794-7(17) with St. Helena Hospital
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
services to counties that chose to participate in this program.
On October 1, 2013, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #24-794-7(16) with St. Helena Hospital for the
period from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, for the provision of impatient psychiatric hospital services to
County-referred patients, under FFS/MC funding.
Approval of Contract #24–794–7(17) will allow the Contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2015,
including mutual indemnification to hold harmless both parties for any claims arising out of the performance of this
Contract as part of their standard for approval of the Agreement with the County.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, County’s mental health clients will not receive needed inpatient psychiatric services from
Contractor’s facility.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable