HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11102015 - C.52RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf
of the County, Contract #24–794–9(7) with BHC Sierra Vista Hospital, Inc., a corporation,
in an amount not to exceed $250,000, to provide inpatient psychiatric hospital services to
residents of Contra Costa County for the period from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 100% by Mental Health Realignment. (No 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 Care Services to counties that chose to participate in
this program. On September 9, 2014, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract
#24–794–9(6) with BHC Sierra Vista Hospital, Inc., for the period from July 1, 2014
through June 30, 2015 for the provision of inpatient psychiatric hospital services to residents
of Contra Costa County. Approval of Contract #24-794-9(7) will allow the Contractor to
continue to provide services through June 30, 2016, including mutual indemnification for
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 11/10/2015 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
ABSENT: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 10, 2015
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc: D Morgan, N Rios
C. 52
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:November 10, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract #24–794–9 (7) with BHC Sierra Vista Hospital, Inc.
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.