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C. 44

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	August 2, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Novation Contract #74-571-6 with Psynergy Programs, Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 08/02/2022

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., 925-957-5201
cc:	L Walker M 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: August 2, 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 Novation Contract #74-571-6 with Psynergy Programs, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $814,404, to provide residential and mental health services to adults diagnosed with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and Serious Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI), for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, which includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $407,202.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this contract will result in budgeted expenditures of up to $814,404 for FY 2022-2023 and will be funded by 67% Mental Health Realignment ($545,357), 21% Federal Medi-Cal ($172,285), and 12% Mental Health Services Act ($96,762) revenues. (Rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

This contract meets the social needs of the County’s population by providing community-based residential and mental health services focusing on adults diagnosed with SMI and SPMI who are stepping down from the Institutes for Mental Diseases (IMD) levels of care and transitioning back into the community. The contractor has been providing these services since September 2018.

On February 8, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-571-5 with Psynergy Programs, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $395,342, for the provision of residential and mental health services to adults diagnosed with SMI and SPMI, for the period January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022, which included a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2022 in an amount not to exceed $395,342.

Approval of Novation Contract #74-571-6 will allow the contractor to continue providing residential and mental health services through June 30, 2023.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, there will be fewer mental health services available for adults diagnosed with SMI or SPMI as the County solicits and engages an alternative contractor.