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C. 70

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

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #24-794-7(13) with St. Helena Hospital

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 #24-794-7(13) with St. Helena Hospital, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $250,000, to provide inpatient psychiatric hospital services for the period from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This Contract is funded 100% by Managed Care Allocation. (No rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

Assembly Bill (AB) 757, (Chapter 633, Statutes of 1994), authorized the transfer of state funding for Fee-For-Service/Medi-Cal (FFS/MC) acute psychiatric inpatient hospital services from the Department of Health Services to the Department of Mental Health (DMH). On January 1, 1995, the DMH transferred these funds and the responsibility for authorization and funding of Medi-Cal acute psychiatric inpatient hospital services to counties that chose to participate in this program.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

On April 5, 2011, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #24-794-7(12) with St. Helena Hospital for the period from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, for the provision of impatient psychiatric hospital services to County-referred patients, under FFS/MC funding. The State DMH continues to provide FFS/MC funding to the County.

Approval of Contract #24–794–7(13) will allow the Contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 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, then inpatient psychiatric services provided to this population will be limited.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not Applicable