RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract Amendment Agreement #24–794–12(9) with BHC Fremont Hospital, Inc., a corporation, to amend Contract #24-794-12(7) to include a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2020 in an amount not to exceed $650,000 to provide additional residential and mental health services to adults diagnosed with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and Serious Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI).
FISCAL IMPACT:
This amendment is funded 100% by Mental Health Realignment Funds. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
Assembly Bill (AB) 757, (Chapter 633, Statutes of 1994), authorized the transfer of state funding for Fee-For-Service/Medi-Cal acute psychiatric inpatient hospital services from the Department of Health Services to the Department of Health Care Services. On January 1, 1995, the Department of Mental Health transferred these funds and the responsibility for authorization and funding of Medi-Cal acute psychiatric inpatient hospital services to counties that chose to participate in this program.
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