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C. 73

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	January 6, 2015

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Novation Contract #24-680-26 with Telecare Corporation

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/06/2015

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

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

Contact:	Cynthia Belon, 957-5201
cc:	C Rucker E Suisala

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 6, 2015
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #24-680-26 with Telecare Corporation, a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $649,886, to provide gero-psychiatric and subacute mental health care services to severely and persistently mentally ill (SPMI) clients for the period from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $324,943.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This Contract is funded 100% by Mental Health Realignment. (Rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing gero-psychiatric services and subacute care for SPMI County residents at Contractor’s Villa Fairmont Mental Health Center, Garfield Mental Health 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.

On December 10, 2013, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #24-680-25 with Telecare Corporation, for the period from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, which included a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2014, for the provision of gero-psychiatric and subacute mental health care for SPMI clients.

Approval of Novation Contract #24-680-26 replaces the automatic extension under the prior Contract and allows the Contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2015.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, County’s SPMI adults will not have access to Contractor’s gero-psychiatric and sub-acute care services resulting in placements in State Hospital facilities at greater cost to the County.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not Applicable