Agenda

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C.126

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	September 13, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Novation Contract #74-627-2 with Ever Well Health Systems, LLC.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 09/13/2022

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, 925-957-5212
cc:	K Cyr 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 13, 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 Contract #74-627-2 with Ever Well Health Systems, LLC, a limited liability company, in an amount not to exceed $511,667 to provide residential and mental health services to adults diagnosed with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and Serious Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI) for the period from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, which includes a six-month automatic extension in an amount not to exceed $255,833.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this contract will result in annual budgeted expenditures of up to $511,667 and will be funded by 76% Mental Health Services Act and 24% Mental Health Realignment.

BACKGROUND:

This contract meets the social needs of the County’s population by providing residential facilities for adults who require support and are being discharged from state hospitals or psychiatric health facilities and require step-down care to transition to community living. The contractor has been providing services to the County since December 2020.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

On March 1, 2022 the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-627-1 with Ever Well Health Systems, LLC, in the amount of $248,382, for the provision of residential and mental health services to adults diagnosed with SMI and SPMI being stepped down from Institutes for Mental Diseases (IMD) levels of care and to transition back into the community, for the period from January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022, and included a six-month automatic extension in the amount of $124,191.

Approval of Contract #74-627-2 replaces the automatic extension under the prior contract and allows the contractor to continue providing SMI and SPMI mental health services through December 31, 2023.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

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