RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract Amendment Agreement #74-592-2 with Jennifer Lee Miles, M.D., an individual, effective September 1, 2020, to amend Contract #74-592-1 to increase the payment limit by $54,104, from $199,680 to a new payment limit of $253,784, with no change in the term of April 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this amendment will result in additional contractual expenditures of up to $54,104 and will be funded by 50% Federal Medi-Cal and 50% Mental Health Realignment revenues.
BACKGROUND:
The Behavioral Health Division has been contracting with Jennifer Lee Miles, M.D., since April 2019 for her expertise in providing outpatient psychiatric care to children and adolescents. Dr. Miles is a child psychiatrist who provides services to children, adolescents and young adults seen in the Contra Costa County's First Hope Program. Expected program outcomes include an increase in positive social and emotional development as measured by the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS).
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