HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11032015 - C.72RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract
#24–794–8(14) with John Muir Behavioral Health, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000,
to provide inpatient psychiatric hospital services for children and adolescents, for the period from July 1, 2015
through June 30, 2016.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 100% Mental Health Realignment funds. (No rate increase); No County match required.
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 to the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS).
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 11/03/2015 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, (925)
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: November 3, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: D Morgan, N Rios
C. 72
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:November 3, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract #24–794–8(14) with John Muir Behavioral Health
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
On January 1, 1995, the DMH transferred these funds and the responsibility for authorization and funding of
Medi-Cal acute psychiatric inpatient hospital services to counties that chose to participate in this program.
On April 21, 2015, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #24–794–8(13) with John Muir Behavioral Health
Center, for the period from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, for the provision of inpatient psychiatric hospital
services to County-referred children and adolescents.
Approval of Contract #24–794–8(14) will allow the Contractor to continue to provide services through June 30,
2016, including mutual indemnification to hold harmless both parties for any claims arising out of the performance of
this Contract.
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:
This program supports the following Board of Supervisors’ community outcome: “Communities that are Safe and
Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families”. Expected program outcomes include a decrease in the
need for inpatient care and placement at a lower level of care.