HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09152015 - C.53RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract
#74-476-1 with Consumer Self-Help Center, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $255,620, to
provide a Patients’ Rights Program for the period from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 100% Mental Health Realignment. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing a State-mandated Patients’ Rights
Advocacy Program, including general advocacy and training services, Certification Review Hearing services, and
Reise Capacity Hearing services.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 09/15/2015 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
ABSENT:Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
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 15, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc: K Thomas , N Rios
C. 53
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:September 15, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract #74-476-1 with Consumers Self-Help Center
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
On November 4, 2014, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-476 with Consumers Self-Help Center, for
the provision of a Patients’ Rights Program for the period from October 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.
Approval of Contract #74-476-1 will allow the Contractor to continue providing a Patients’ Rights Program
through June 30, 2016.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, County will not have a Patients’ Rights Advocacy Program and will be out of
compliance with the performance contract with the State Department of Health Care Services, placing funding for
the Department’s mental health programs at risk.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not Applicable