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a. Approve and authorize the Director of Health to sign a three fiscal year term Mental Health Services Agreement (July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2017) with Davis Guest Home, Inc. for the provision of mental health services for Monterey County adult residents with severe psychiatric disabilities in the amount of $862,227 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-15, $862,227 for FY 2015-16, and $862,227 for FY 2016-17 for a total Agreement amount not to exceed $2,586,681.
b. Authorize the Director of Health to sign up to three future amendments to this Agreement where the amendments do not exceed 10% of the total contract amount and do not significantly change the scope of work.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Director of Health to sign a three fiscal year term Mental Health Services Agreement (July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2017) with Davis Guest Home, Inc. for the provision of mental health services for Monterey County adult residents with severe psychiatric disabilities in the amount of $862,227 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-15, $862,227 for FY 2015-16, and $862,227 for FY 2016-17 for a total Agreement amount not to exceed $2,586,681.
b. Authorize the Director of Health to sign up to three future amendments to this Agreement where the amendments do not exceed 10% of the total contract amount and do not significantly change the scope of work.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The County currently has Agreement A-11976 with Davis Guest Home, Inc. which will expire on June 30, 2014. Davis Guest Home, Inc. operates several licensed Adult Residential Care Facilities. These facilities provide community-based activities that create a normalizing experience for adults with severe psychiatric disabilities and benefit persons determined to be in need of the most help, particularly those recently discharged from psychiatric locked facilities. The structured activities provided by Davis Guest Home, Inc. successfully assist the residents to reintegrate into the community. Approval of this Agreement meets the requirements of the State Welfare and Institutions Code 5600 (Bronzan-McCorquodale Act) and the California Code of Regulations Titles 9 and 22.
This work supports the following Monterey County Health Department 2011-2015 strategic plan initiative: 3) Ensure access to culturally and linguistically appropriate, customer-friendly, quality health services. It also supports one of the ten essential public health services, specifically: 7) Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provisions of health care when otherwise unavailable.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The County Counsel and Auditor-Controller have reviewed and approved this Agreement as to legal form and fiscal provisions. A copy of this Agreement is on file with Clerk of the Board.
FINANCING:
This Agreement is funded by Realignment (100%) revenues. The funds for this Agreement are included in the Health Department's Behavioral Health (HEA012, Unit 8410) Fiscal Year 2014-15 Requested Budget.
Prepared by: Charise Walters, Management Analyst, 4703
Approved by: Ray Bullick, Director of Health, 4526
Attachment:
Agreement is on file with Clerk of the Board