RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #74–190–17 with Mental Health Management I, Inc. (dba Canyon Manor), a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $222,753, to provide mental health subacute care and treatment services, for the period from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This contract is funded 100% Mental Health Realignment. (No Rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

This contract meets the social needs of County’s population in that it provides long-term care for adults with serious mental illness who require skilled nursing inpatient psychiatric care. On November 3, 2015, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #74–190–16 with Mental Health Management I, Inc. (dba Canyon Manor), for the period from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, which included a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2016, for the provision of mental health subacute care and treatment services. Approval of Novation Contract #74–190–17 replaces the automatic extension under the prior Contract and allows the Contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2017.