HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12171991 - 1.71 I"' 1-071
TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director Contra
By: Elizabeth A.. Spooner, Contracts Administrator
Costa
DATE: December 4, 1991 County
SUBJECT: Approval of Novation Contract #24-596-1 with Bay Area Addiction Research and
Treatment, Inc. for Expanded Methadone Maintenance Services for Residents of West
Contra Costa County (Federal Waiting Period Reduction Grant Project)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Chair to execute on behalf of the County, Novation Contract
#24-596-1 with Bay Area Addiction Research and Treatment, Inc. (BAART) in the amount
of $125,504 for the period July 1, 1991 through March 31, 1992 to provide methadone
maintenance outreach, treatment and counseling services for additional IV Drug Abusing
Clients at risk for contracting AIDS in West County. This Contract includes a six-
month automatic contract extension from March 31, 1992 through September 30, 1992 in
the amount of $83,664.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This contract: is funded by Federal Waiting Period Reduction Grant funds and does not
require Country matching funds.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
Bay Area Addiction Research and Treatment, Inc. has provided methadone maintenance
services in East and West Contra Costa County since March 1988. The Federal Waiting
Period Reduction Grant Project enables the contractor to provide expanded methadone
maintenance services to eligible Richmond residents who had applied for participation
in the program, but who had been placed on the program's waiting list.
Approval of this Novation Contract will maintain at least 66 new treatment slots in
the Richmond Methadone Maintenance Program.
GM:jp
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: ��
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMEN T N OF BOARD OMMITTEE
APPROVE _ OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
x UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: _ ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Health Services (Contracts) AT
DEC 17IM
Risk Management Phil Batchelor,Clerk of the Board of
Auditor—Controller Supervisors and County Administrator
Contractor
M3e2/7-83 BY DEPUTY