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FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services DirectorContra
Costa
DATE: December 11, 1995 County
Approval of Intercounty Services Contract #24O- with Alameda
SUBJECT: County for Provision of Psychiatric Treatment Services for Jail
Inmates
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Chair, Board of Supervisors, to execute on
behalf of the County, Intercounty Services Contract #24=669-3 with
Alameda County, for the period from July 1, 1995 through June 30,
1996, with a payment limit of $180,791, to obtain five beds (up to
1, 241 patient days) of psychiatric treatment services in the Criminal
Justice Inpatient Unit of Alameda County's North County Jail. This
document includes a six-month automatic contract extension through
December 31, 1996 in the amount of $90, 396.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Funding for this Contract is included in the Health Services
Department's budget, and the source of funding is County/Realignment
100%.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
Alameda County has been providing psychiatric treatment services for
Contra Costa County jail inmates continuously since FY 1980-81 under
a Regional 302f Criminal Justice Mental Health Program. Under this
Regional Program, Alameda County received directly from the State
certain Short-Doyle Mental Health Funds which were designated to be
used for Contra Costa County jail inmates. Under Mental Health
Realignment, Regional 302f funds were transferred to Contra Costa
County's Mental Health Realignment Trust Fund.
In June 1993 , the Board of Supervisors authorized the Health Services
Department to enter into contract negotiations with Alameda County for
the purchase of psychiatric treatment services for Contra Costa
County's jail inmates at the Criminal Justice Inpatient Unit of
Alameda County' s North County Jail. Approval of this Intercounty
Services Contract #24-669-3 will continue these services through
Fiscal Year 1995-96.
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Contra Costa County #
Alameda County #
INTERCOUNTY SERVICES CONTRACT
(Psychiatric Treatment for Jail Inmates)
1. PARTIES. The following named Counties, for their respective Agencies. and Departments
specified below, mutually agree and promise as follows:
County Providing Services: Alameda County (for its Health Care Services `� I
Agency/Mental Health Services)
County Receiving Services: Contra Costa County (for its Health Services Department/
Mental Health Division)
2. TERM. The effective date of this Contract is July 1, 1995 and it terminates June 30. 1996,
unless terminated sooner as provided herein.
3. OBLIGATIONS OF COUNTY RECEIVING SERVICES AND PAYMENT LIMIT. Contra Costa
County shall pay Alameda County $180,791, as an all inclusive amount for the provision of the
Dedicated Service Capacity (i.e., guaranteed access and service availability) as specified
herein. Said payment shall be due and payable on or before January 1, 1996.
4. OBLIGATIONS OF COUNTY PROVIDING SERVICES. Alameda County shall provide Contra
Costa County during the term of this Contract, mental health treatment services as set forth in
the attached Service Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference
5. GENERAL PROVISIONS. This Contract is subject to the attached General Provisions which
are incorporated herein by reference.
6. SIGNATURES. These signatures attest the parties' agreement hereto:
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ALAMEDA COUNTY
By: By:
Board o ervisors Board of Supervisors
Presi t/Designee President/Designee
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Mental Health Director Designee Mental Health Director/Designee
A ST: ATTEST:
lerk of the Board/DepuClerk f e Board/Deputy
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APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Deputy County Counsel Deputy County Counsel
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Contra Costa County #
Alameda County #
SERVICE PLAN
1. Dedicated Service Capacity. Alameda County shall provide guaranteed availability,
access to, and use of the treatment services, as specified below, hereinafter called the Dedicated
Service Capacity, for Contra Costa County's Mental Health Division, hereinafter called CCCMH.
One "patient day" is defined as the provision of said treatment services for one calendar day for
one patient referred by CCCMH to Alameda County for treatment.
a. Psychiatric Treatment for Jail Inmates. Alameda County shall provide said
treatment services for up to 5 CCCMH patients at any one time, but not to exceed 1,241 patient
days during the term of this Contract, based on an average utilization of 4 treatment beds at 85%
occupancy during the term of this Contract.
Contra Costa County shall pay Alameda County for this Dedicated Service Capacity as set forth in
Contract Paragraph 3. (Obligations of County Receiving Services and Payment Limit) regardless
of the actual number of patient days used by CCCMH and provided by Alameda County, up to the
above described maximums.
2. Service Specifications.. Alameda County shall provide either directly or by arrangement
with subcontractors the following mental health treatment services.
a. Psychiatric Treatment for Jail Inmates. Alameda County shall provide for CCCMH
inmates referred from Contra Costa County's Detention Facility Mental Health Program a full range
of psychiatric, psychological, and nursing services in the Criminal Inpatient Unit of Alameda
County's North County Jail. These services shall be provided by licensed mental health and drug
abuse service personnel and will include but not be limited to: psychiatric evaluations and therapy,
psychotropic chemotherapy, psychological testing, psychological evaluation, drug and alcohol
assessments, psychiatric nursing care, recreational and alcohol assessments, psychiatric nursing
care, recreational and occupational therapy, individual counseling and therapy, small group
psychoeducational classes, as well as group counseling and therapy, and twenty-four hour
emergency care and psychiatric coverage for emergencies, as needed. Alameda County may
provide some or all of these services through a contract with Prison Health Services, Inc.
Complete health care services, such as medical and dental care, and jail inmate custody services,
such as meals and detention security, are provided separately and are not part of this Contract.
3. Confidentiality. Alameda County agrees to comply and require its officers, partners,
associates, agents and employees to comply with all applicable State or Federal statutes or
regulations respecting confidentiality, including but not limited to, the identity of persons served
under this Contract, their records, or services provided them and assures that:
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a. All applications and records concerning any individual made or kept by Contractor or any
public officer or agency in connection with the administration of or relating to services provided
under this Contract will be confidential, and will not be open to examination for any purpose not
directly connected with the administration of such service.
b. No person will publish or disclose or permit or cause to be published or disclosed, any list
of persons receiving services, except as may be required in the administration of such service.
Contractor agrees to inform all employees, agents and partners of the above provisions, and that
any person knowingly and intentionally disclosing such information other than as authorized by law
may be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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Contra Costa County #
Alameda County #
GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. Independent Contractor Status. This Contract is by and between two independent
contractors and is not intended to and shall not be construed to create the relationship of agent,
servant, employee, partnership, joint venture, or association.
2. Amendments. This Contract may be modified or amended by a written document executed by
each County's Board of Supervisors, or after Board approval, by their designees.
3. Indemnification. Each County and its respective employees, agents, and officers shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the other County against any and all claims, demands, or
causes of action arising out of any act or omission of any officer, agent, or employee of the
other County while performing services under this Contract, or resulting from the condition of
any property owned or controlled by the other County.
4. Termination. This Contract may be terminated by either party, at their sole discretion, upon
sixty-day advance written notice thereof to the other, and may be canceled immediately by
written mutual consent of each County's Mental Health Director.
5. Notices. All notices provided for by this Contract shall be in writing and may be delivered by
deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid. Notices shall be addressed as follows:
Contra Costa County: Director, Health Services Department
20 Allen Street, Martinez, CA 94553
Alameda County: Director, Behavioral Health Care Services
777 Davis Street, Suite 350, San Leandro, CA 94577
The effective date of notice shall be the date of deposit in the mails or of other delivery.
6. Entire Agreement. This Contract contains all the terms and conditions agreed upon by the
parties. Except as expressly provided herein, no other understanding, oral or otherwise,
regarding the subject matter of this Contract shall be deemed to exist or to bind any of the
parties hereto.
7. Automatic Contract Extension. Notwithstanding Paragraph 2 (Term) of this contract, unless
this Contract is terminated by either party pursuant to General Provisions Paragraph 4.
(Termination) by June 30.1996, the term of this Contract shall be automatically extended from
June 30. 1996 through December 31, 1996. During its extended term, this Contract is
nevertheless subject to all the terms and conditions applicable during its initial term, including
but not limited to General Provisions Paragraph 4. (Termination), except as to payment for
services rendered during the extended term. The purpose of this automatic six-month
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extension is to allow for the continuation of services as specified in this Contract, to avoid
interruption of payment for services, and to allow each County time in which to complete a
novation or renewal contract for each respective County Board of Supervisors approval. As to
any such six-month extension:
a. Alameda County shall continue to provide the Dedicated Service Capacity as set forth
in the attached Service Plan, prorated for the six-month period, and subject to any amendments
thereto.
b. The Contract Payment Limit amount, specified in Paragraph 3 (Obligations of County
Receiving Services and Payment Limit) of this Contract, is increased by $90.396 (the six-month
Payment Limit) and Contra Costa County's total payment to Alameda County for the six-month
extension period from July 1996 through December 1996 shall not exceed this six-month period
and any novation or renewal contract.
c. Said payment shall be due and payable on or before December 31 1996.
d. This six-month contract extension shall be subject to any further agreement (novation)
which the Counties may enter,'into covering the provision of services during the contract period
immediately following the contract period specified in Paragraph 2 (Term).
Initials:
Contra Costa Alameda
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