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C. 67

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	January 10, 2012

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Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #24-086-145(8) with Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/10/2012

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor

Contact:	Cynthia Belon, 957-5201
cc:	D Morgan D Gary

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: January 10, 2012
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract #24-086-145(8) with Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc., corporation, in an amount not to exceed $95,000, to provide Emergency Residential Care Placement Agreement, for the period from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This Contract is funded 100% by Mental Health Realignment.

BACKGROUND:

For several years, the County's Mental Health Adult Services Program has used these Agreements as an interim financing mechanism to facilitate the residential care of mentally disabled clients and movement of clients, who are deemed eligible for SSI/SSP, from State or local inpatient facilities to community-based facilities. This Program provides residential care for 40 to 50 clients per year. Under this program, the County pays the State-established rates for the residential care of mental health clients who are not yet receiving SSI/SSP (but who are potentially eligible and have made formal application to the Social Security Administration for SSI/SSP), contingent upon the client's signing an agreement with the County to reimburse the County from the SSI/SSP money, once it is finally granted by the federal government (usually 3 to 6 months retroactively back to the month of application).

On January 11, 2011, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #24-086-145(7) for the period from January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011, for the provision of emergency residential care.

Approval of Contract #24-086-145(8) will allow the Contractor to continue to provide services through December 31, 2012, including mutual indemnification to hold harmless both parties for any claims arising out of the performance of this Contract.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, there will be fewer emergency residential facilities to provide services to SSI/SSP eligible Clients in the Continuing Care Program.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This program supports the following Board of Supervisors’ community outcomes: “Children Ready For and Succeeding in School”; “Families that are Safe, Stable, and Nurturing”; and “Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families”. Expected program outcomes include an increase in positive social and emotional development as measured by the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS).