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C.109

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	September 11, 2018

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Novation Contract #24-712-5 with Telecare Corporation

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 09/11/2018

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:	Matthew White, M.D. 925-957-5201
cc:	D Morgan 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: September 11, 2018
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #24-712-5 with Telecare Corporation, a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $2,139,856 to provide and manage crisis support services at the Hope House, a sixteen (16) bed short-term residential facility, for mentally ill adults for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019, which includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2019, in an amount not to exceed $1,069,928.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This contract is funded 30% by Federal Medi-Cal and 70% by Mental Health Services Act. (Rate increase)

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

BACKGROUND:

This contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing a short-term crisis residential facility for adults, age eighteen (18) and older, who require support to avoid hospitalization or are being discharged from the hospital or long-term locked facilities and require step-down care to transition to community living.

On October 25, 2016, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #24-712-4 with Telecare Corporation, for the period from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2018, with a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2018 to provide and manage services at Hope House, a short-term crisis residential facility.

Approval of Contract #24-712-5 replaces the automatic extension under the prior contract and allows the contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2019.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION: (CONT'D)

If this contract is not approved, County clients in need of crisis residential or step-down care will not have access to the contractor’s services, which may possibly result in higher levels of placement, including hospitalization.