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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director Contra
By: Elizabeth A. Spooner, Contracts Administrat@ (,OS♦a
DATE: January 8, 1991 County
SUBJECT: Approval of Novation Contract #24-373-5 with Crestwood Hospitals,
Inc. for Day Treatment Services
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 #24-373-5 with Crestwood Hospitals, Inc. , in the
amount of $459, 646 for the period from July 1, 1991 through June 30,
19921 for provision of day treatment services to mentally disturbed
persons in need of augmented skilled nursing facility care upon
discharge from acute psychiatric hospitals. The document includes a
six-month automatic extension from June 30, 1992 to December 31, 1992
in the amount of $229,823 .
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The Contract is funded in the Health Services Department Budget for
Fiscal Year 1991-92 by County/Realignment funding 100%.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
Crestwood Hospital, Inc. has been providing day treatment services to
adults under an extension of Fiscal Year 1990-91 Contract #24-373-4.
Novation Contract #24-373-5, replaces the six-month automatic
extension under the above contract.
This Contractor provides services that are a vital and important part
of the County's efforts to reduce utilization of State Hospital bed
days (within our allocation) and to reduce overcrowding on Merrithew
Memorial Hospital Psychiatric Wards. These services provide a
program to transition patients to a less restrictive setting in the
community.
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMME D ION OF BOARD OMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON loAPPROVED AS RECOMMENDED x OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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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) ATTESTED JAN 21 1992
Risk Management Phil Batchelor,Clerk of the Board of
Auditor-Controller 5u„ertiisors and County Administrator
Contractor
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