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C. 26

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	November 1, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Novation Contract #74-612-3 with Mental Health Systems, Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 11/01/2022

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Suzanne Tavano, Ph.D., 925-957-5169
cc:	Noel Garcia Marcy Wilhelm

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: November 1, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Novation Contract #74-612-3 with Mental Health Systems, Inc., a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,114,343, to provide assertive community treatment (ACT) and other outpatient mental health services for eligible adults in Central Contra Costa County under the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) full-service partnership program for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, which includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $557,171.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this agreement will result in annual expenditures of up to $1,114,373 for FY 2022-2023 and will be funded by 70% Mental Health Services Act ($780,061), 16% Mental Health Realignment ($178,300) and 14% Federal Medi-Cal ($156,012) funds. (Rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

This contract meets the social needs of the County’s population by providing MHSA Community Services and Supports Program, including providing community-based services, personal services coordination, medication support, crisis intervention, and other mental health services to eligible adult clients in Central Contra Costa County. Mental Health Systems, Inc., has been providing these full-service partnership program services since November 2019.

On December 7, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #74-612-2 with Mental Health Systems, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,081,886 for the provision of full-service mental health support services to eligible underserved adults in Central Contra Costa County for the period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, which included a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2022 in an amount not to exceed $540,943.

Approval of Novation Contract #74-612-3 replaces the automatic extension under the prior contract and allows the contractor to continue providing mental health services through June 30, 2023.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, there will be fewer services provided to eligible adult clients in central Contra Costa County through the MHSA Community Services and the Full-Service Partnership Program. These high utilized services are crucial for individuals with serious mental illness, and who are involved with the criminal justice system under AB 1810, particularly Central County clients who are currently underserved.