RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #74–333–3 with Star View Adolescent Center, Inc., a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $150,000, to provide residential treatment services for the period from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $75,000.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 35% by Federal Medi-Cal (FFP), 22% by State Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT), and 43% by State Community Treatment Facility (CTF) and Mental Health Realignment. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing a multi disciplinary treatment program in a Psychiatric Hospital facility or a locked Community Treatment Facility (CTF) for minors who need active psychiatric treatment for acute mental, emotional or behavioral disorders.
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