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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12152015 - C.52RECOMMENDATION(S): Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #24-680-28 with Telecare Corporation, a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,352,909, to provide gero-psychiatric and subacute mental health care services to severely and persistently mentally ill (SPMI) clients 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 $676,455. FISCAL IMPACT: This Contract is funded 76% Mental Health Realignment and 24% Hospital Utilization Review (Rate increased) BACKGROUND: This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing APPROVE OTHER RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE Action of Board On: 12/15/2015 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: December 15, 2015 David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: June McHuen, Deputy cc: D Morgan, M Wilhelm C. 52 To:Board of Supervisors From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director Date:December 15, 2015 Contra Costa County Subject:Novation Contract #24-680-28 with Telecare Corporation BACKGROUND: (CONT'D) gero-psychiatric services and subacute care for SPMI County residents at Contractor’s Villa Fairmont Mental Health Center, Garfield Mental Health Center, Gladman Psychiatric Health Facility, and Morton Bakar Center. This Contract is part of the Department’s cost saving plan to reduce the number of high?cost State Hospital beds by developing alternative placements. On January 6, 2015, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #24-680-26 (as amended by Contract Amendment Agreement 24-680-27) with Telecare Corporation, for the period from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, which included a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2015, for the provision of gero-psychiatric and subacute mental health care for SPMI clients. Approval of Novation Contract #24-680-28 replaces the automatic extension under the prior Contract and allows the Contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2016. CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION: If this contract is not approved, County’s SPMI adults will not have access to Contractor’s gero-psychiatric and sub-acute care services resulting in placements in State Hospital facilities at greater cost to the County. CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT: Not Applicable