RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Novation Contract #24–794–9(16) with BHC Sierra Vista Hospital, Inc., a corporation, including mutual indemnification, in an amount not to exceed $85,000, to provide inpatient psychiatric hospital services to County-referred adults and adolescents for the period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, which includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2022 in an amount not to exceed $42,500.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in annual budgeted expenditures of up to $85,000 and will be funded by 100% Mental Health Realignment revenues. (Rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
The Behavioral Health Services Division (BHSD) has been contracting with BHC Sierra Vista Hospital, Inc. since November 1, 2006. This contract meets the social needs of the County’s population by providing inpatient psychiatric hospital services to County-referred adults and adolescents.
|