HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10062015 - C.68RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation
Contract #24-712-3 with Telecare Corporation, a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $2,017,019, to provide and
manage services for Hope House, a sixteen (16) bed short-term residential facility, for mentally ill adults for the
period from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension through
December 31, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $1,008,510.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 31% Federal Financial Participation and 69% Mental Health Services Act. (Rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing a short-term crisis residential facility for
adults, age eighteen (18) and older, who require support to avoid hospitalization or are being discharged
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 10/06/2015 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
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: October 6, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc: D Morgan, N Rios
C. 68
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:October 6, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Novation Contract #24-712-3 with Telecare Corporation
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
from the hospital or long-term locked facilities and require step-down care to transition to community living.
On July 8, 2014, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #24-712-1 (as amended by Contract Amendment
#24-712-2) with Telecare Corporation, for the period from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, with a six-month
automatic extension through December 31, 2015 to provide and manage services at Hope House, a short-term crisis
residential facility.
Approval of Novation Contract #24-712-3 replaces the automatic extension under the prior contract and allow
Contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2016.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, County clients in need of crisis residential or step-down care will not have access to
Contractor’s services possibly resulting in higher levels of placement, including hospitalization.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not Applicable