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Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute a no-extension Amendment No. 1 to Mental Health Services Agreement A-13270 with Loving Care Residential Homes, Inc. for the provision of mental health services for Monterey County adult residents with severe psychiatric disabilities, increasing the total amount of the Agreement to add an Enhanced Services patch rate, and to increase the Standard Services daily patch rate, for a new maximum County obligation of $627,275 effective April 1, 2017 for the full term of July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2019.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute a no-extension Amendment No. 1 to Mental Health Services Agreement A-13270 with Loving Care Residential Homes, Inc. for the provision of mental health services for Monterey County adult residents with severe psychiatric disabilities, increasing the total amount of the Agreement to add an Enhanced Services patch rate, and to increase the Standard Services daily patch rate, for a new maximum County obligation of $627,275 effective April 1, 2017 for the full term of July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2019.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Loving Care Residential Care Homes Inc. is a licensed Residential Care Facility for the Elderly authorized by the State of California Department of Social Services, as defined in Section 1569 of the Health and Safety Code. The facility provides community-based living for adults sixty (60) years of age or older with varying levels of care and supervision needs. The facility's license allows for up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the total census to be adults under age sixty (60) with compatible service needs. Monterey County Behavioral Health Bureau (MCBHB) has a long-standing relationship with Loving Care Residential Care Homes, Inc. and as of May 1, 2017 will pay this vendor a daily patch rate of fou...
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