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FROM: William Walker, M.D.,Health Services Director Costa
By: Jacqueline Pigg, Contracts Administrator W°�' {` ' 4
DATE: December 4, 2006
County
SUBJECT: Approval of Novation Contract#24-680-18 with Telecare Corporation w
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Donna Wigand) to execute
on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #24-680-18 with Telecare Corporation, a
corporation, in an amount not to exceed $974,101, to provide mental health gero-psychiatric
services and subacute care to severely and persistently mentally ill (SPMI) clients, for the period
from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension
through December 31, 2007, in an amount not to exceed $487,051.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 100%by Mental Health Realignment.
BACKGROUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S):
This Contract meets the social needs of County's population in that it provides gero-psychiatric
services and subacute care for County residents who are severely and persistently mentally ill
(SPMI) at Contractor's Villa Fairmont Mental Health Center, Garfield Mental Health Center,
Gladman Psychiatric Health Facility, and Morton Bakar Center. This Contract is part of the
Department's cost saving plan to reduce the number of high-cost State Hospital beds by developing
alternative placements.
On December 20, 2005, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #24-680-17 with
Telecare Corporation for the period from July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006, (with a six-month
automatic extension through December 31, 2006) for the provision of mental health gero-psychiatric
services and subacute care for SPMI clients.
Approval of Novation Contract #24-680-18 replaces the automatic extension under the prior
Contract and allows the Contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2007.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
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I-'RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURES
ACTION OF.BOARD. IIS"/_I (7 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED�� OTHER
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Ayes: Noes: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
Absent: Abstain: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
Vacant: District IV OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED
Contact Person: lloni1a Wigand 957-5111 .. IJOHN CULLEN, CLERK OF YHE BOARD OF
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