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C. 68

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

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Costa

County

Subject:

Novation Contract #24-712-3 with Telecare Corporation

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 10/06/2015

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:	D Morgan N Rios

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: October 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 #24-712-3 with Telecare Corporation, a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $2,017,019, to provide and manage services for Hope House, a sixteen (16) bed short-term residential facility, for mentally ill adults for the period from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $1,008,510.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This Contract is funded 31% Federal Financial Participation and 69% Mental Health Services Act. (Rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing a short-term crisis residential facility for adults, age eighteen (18) and older, who require support to avoid hospitalization or are being discharged from the hospital or long-term locked facilities and require step-down care to transition to community living.

On July 8, 2014, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #24-712-1 (as amended by Contract Amendment #24-712-2) with Telecare Corporation, for the period from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, with a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2015 to provide and manage services at Hope House, a short-term crisis residential facility.

Approval of Novation Contract #24-712-3 replaces the automatic extension under the prior contract and allow Contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2016.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, County clients in need of crisis residential or step-down care will not have access to Contractor’s services possibly resulting in higher levels of placement, including hospitalization.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not Applicable