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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS G
FROM: William Walker, M.D. , Health Services Director.•/ ; .
By: Ginger Marieiro, Contracts Administrator i. Contra
Costa
DATE: Count/
November 14, 1996 -
SUBJECT: Acknowledge Termination of Mental Health Specialist (Novation)
Contract #24-590-7 with Lawrence Cohen, M.D.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I . RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Acknowledge receipt of notice from Lawrence Cohen, M.D. ,
requesting termination of Mental Health Specialist (Novation)
Contract #24-590-7, effective at the end of the workday on October
31, 1996 .
II . FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This Contract was funded in the Health Services Department ' s FY
1996-97 Mental Health Budget .
III . REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
On July 16, 1996, the Board of Supervisors approved Mental Health
Specialist (Novation) Contract #24-590-7, for the period from July
1, 1996 through June 30, 1997 (with provision for a six-month
automatic extension through December 31, 1997) , with Lawrence
Cohen, M.D. , for psychiatric care and treatment for adolescents
placed by County at CPC-Walnut Creek Hospital, or other authorized
hospital facility, (acute placement alternatives) to avoid
placement of minors with adults in County' s psychiatric facilities
at Merrithew Memorial Hospital .
The purpose of this Board Order is to advise the Board that the
Department and the Contractor have mutually agreed to terminate
Mental Health Specialist (Novation) Contract #24-590-7, effective
October 31, 1997 .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIG'NATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON nrr n cA APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
XUNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: II AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Donna Wigand (313-6411)
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