RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #24-680-34 with Telecare Corporation, a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,927,909, to provide gero-psychiatric and subacute mental health care services to severely and persistently mentally ill (SPMI) clients for the period from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This contract is funded 81% Mental Health Realignment and 19% Hospital Utilization Review. (3% Cost of Living Adjustment)
BACKGROUND:
This contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing gero-psychiatric services and subacute care for SPMI County residents at Contractor’s Villa Fairmont Mental Health Center, Garfield Neuro-Behavioral Center, Gladman Psychiatric Health Facility, and Morton Bakar Center. This contract is part of the Department’s cost saving plan to reduce the number of high-cost state hospital beds by developing alternative placements.
|