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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10102006 - C.45 0E S l L .o TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra Costa - FROM: Joseph P. Valentine, Director `. 6 °° County Employment and Human Services Department `rd�oaN-i DATE: October 10, 2006 SUBJECT: Contract with Hiawatha Harris, M.D., Inc., to Provide Mental Health Services SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDED ACTION: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with Hiawatha Harris, M.D., Inc., effective October 17, 2006, to increase the payment limit by $26,000 to a new payment limit of$50,000 with no change in the term of March 1, 2006 through February 29, 2008, to provide mental health services to non Medi-Cal eligible clients. (Budgeted: 100% County Funds) (All Districts) FINANCIAL IMPACT: $50,000: 100% County Funds CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT: This contract supports two of the community outcomes established in the Children's Report Card: 2) "Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood"; 4) "Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing" by providing mental health services to non Medi-Cal clients., BACKGROUND: Hiawatha Harris, M.D., Inc., (Contractor) has been contracted by Children and Family Services (CFS) to provide mental health services to CFS clients who are not Medi-Cal eligible. Although CFS has over 100 providers under contract to provide mental health services to our at-risk, underserved non-Medi-Cal client population, Hiawatha Harris, M.D., Inc., is only one of two out-of-county providers who also provide medication support in addition to psychotherapy. Contractor is based in Oakland but will be opening a clinic in Pittsburg by December of this year. This Board Order will add $26,000 to their contract in anticipation of serving more CPS clients as a result of the new clinic. 19-069 CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: J ✓�RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATIO14 OF BOARD COMMITTEE L,-APPROVE OTHER r SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOR ON 0 Qi�.0(il �. � APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUP ISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN S: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN./ V ATTESTED(96 " 3 , �C7 JOHN CULLEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Contact: LINDA CANAN EHSD(CONTRACTS UNIT)-EM t COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY © ,DEPUTY AUDITOR-CONTROLLER CONTRACTOR