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C.34

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	December 6, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #74-438-19 with Vasanta Venkat Giri, M.D.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/06/2022

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: December 6, 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 Contract #74-438-19 with Vasanta Venkat Giri, M.D., an individual, in an amount not to exceed $263,578, to provide telepsychiatry services to children and adolescents in Central County, for the period from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this contract will result in budgeted expenditures of up to $263,578 and will be funded by 50% Federal Medi-Cal ($131,789) and 50% Mental Health Realignment ($131,789) revenues. (No rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

The County has been contracting with Vasanta Venkat Giri, M.D., since February 2012 to provide telepsychiatry services, including diagnosing, counseling, evaluating and medical and therapeutic treatment to children and adolescents in Central Contra Costa County.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

On January 18, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-438-16, with Vasanta Venkat Giri, M.D., in an amount not to exceed $376,320, for the provision of telepsychiatry services to children in Central County for the period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022.

On June 21, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved an amendment to Contract #74-438-18, with Vasanta Venkat Giri, M.D., effective June 1, 2022, to increase the payment limit by $25,000 to a new payment limit of $401,320, and increase the hourly rate from $192.00 to $211.20, for the provision of additional telepsychiatry services to children in Central County with no change in the original term through December 31, 2022.

Approval of Contract #74-438-19 will allow the contractor to continue providing telepsychiatry services through December 31, 2023.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, the County’s clients will not have access to this contractor’s telepsychiatry services and the Behavioral Health Division outpatient clinics will not be fully staffed

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This program supports the following Board of Supervisors’ community outcomes: “Children Ready for and Succeeding in School”; “Families that are Safe, Stable, and Nurturing”; and “Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families”. Expected program outcomes include an increase in positive social and emotional development as measured by the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS).