RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Auditor-Controller, or designee, to pay an amount not to exceed $299,915 to Telecare Corporation for the provision of gero-psychiatric and subacute mental health care services to severely and persistently mentally ill (SPMI) clients during the months of May and June 2023.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Payment of $299,915 is funded by 71% Mental Health Realignment, 19% Hospital Enterprise Fund I, and 10% County General Fund.
BACKGROUND:
The county has been contracting with Telecare Corporation since July 1997 to provide gero-psychiatric services and subacute care for SPMI county residents at contractor’s Villa Fairmont Mental Health Center, Garfield Neuro-Behavioral 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.
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