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C. 86

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	August 1, 2023

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Payment for Services Provided by God’s Grace Caring Home, Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 08/01/2023

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Ken Carlson, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Suzanne Tavano, Ph.D., 925-957-5169
cc:	Edney Suisala Cristeta Rovira-Hernandez

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: August 1, 2023
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Auditor-Controller, or designee, to pay an amount not to exceed $2,697 to God’s Grace Caring Home, Inc., a corporation, for the provision of augmented board and care services that exceeded the contract payment limit and were provided in good faith for the period June 1, 2023 through June 30, 2023.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This retro payment in the amount of $2,697 is funded 100% by Mental Health Realignment.

BACKGROUND:

This contract meets the social needs of county’s population by providing augmented board and care services including, but not limited to room and board, and twenty-four (24) hour emergency residential care and supervision for mentally ill adults.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The Behavioral Health Services Department has been contracting with God’s Grace Caring Home, Inc., since September 1, 1995, to provide augmented board and care services.

On May 24, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #24-681-2(39) with God’s Grace Caring Home, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $392,076, to provide augmented board and care services for the period from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.

Due to a much higher anticipated level of service needed to care for a new client, recently transferred to the facility from CCRMC, it was too late to amend the current contract to increase the payment limit, leaving insufficient funds to cover the additional services provided by the contractor in the amount of $2,697.

Therefore, the County has determined that God’s Grace Caring Home, Inc., is entitled to payment for the reasonable value of their services under the equitable relief theory of quantum meruit. That theory provides that where a person has been asked to provide services without a valid contract, and the provider does so to the benefit of the recipient, the provider is entitled to recover the reasonable value of those services. The contractor has provided services at the request of the county after the original contract payment limit had been reached.

The Department cannot pay contractor for services rendered that exceed the contract limits. As such, the Department recommends that the Board authorize the Auditor-Controller to issue a one-time payment not to exceed $2,697 to God’s Grace Caring Home, Inc.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this request is not approved, contractor will not be paid for augmented board and care services provided to the county’s mental health client outside of the contract payment limit rendered in good faith.