RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #74-277-26 with Jackson & Coker Locumtenens, LLC, a limited liability company, which does not include indemnification, in an amount not to exceed $1,438,336 to provide psychiatrists for temporary work and recruitment services at the County’s Mental Health Outpatient Clinics, for the period from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in annual contractual service expenditures of up to $1,438,336 and will be funded 100% by Mental Health Realignment funds. (Rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
The County’s Behavioral Health Services Division has an obligation to provide psychiatric physician services to patients. Therefore, the County contracts with temporary help firms to ensure patient care is provided during peak loads, temporary absences, vacations or emergency situations when full staffing is required. This contractor has been providing temporary psychiatric physician services since January 1, 2007.
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