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FROM: William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director Contra
By: Jacqueline Pigg, Contracts Administrator Costa
DATE: December 6, 2005 �s>q'COU County
SUBJECT: Approval of Contract#24-794-10(1)with Telecare Corporation
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Donna Wigand) to execute on
behalf of the County, Contract #24-794-10(1) with Telecare Corporation, a corporation, in an
amount not to exceed$125,000,to provide inpatient psychiatric hospital services, for the period from
July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006. \
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 50% by State Medi-Cal and 50% Mental Health Realignment.
BACKGROUND/REASON(3) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S):
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Chapter 633, Statutes of 1994, AB 757, authorized the transfer of state funding for Fee-For-
Service/Medi-Cal (FFS/MC) acute psychiatric inpatient hospital services from the Department of
Health Services to the Department of Mental Health (DMH). On January 1, 1995, the DMH
transferred these funds and the responsibility for authorization and funding of Medi-Cal acute
psychiatric inpatient hospital services to counties that chose to participate in this program.
Under Contract #24-794-10(1) Telecare Corporation will provide inpatient psychiatric hospital
services to County-referred residents, ages eighteen and over,through June 30, 2006.
C NTIN ED ON ATTACHMENT: _YES SIGNATURE:
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ACTION OF BOARD N LO APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
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I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED 0�X��
JOHN SWEETEN,CLERK OF THE BOAR6 OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contact Person: Donna Wigand 57-5111
CC: Health Services Dept. (Contracts)
Auditor-Controller
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