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Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute Amendment No. 3 to Mental Health Services Agreement A-13251 with Lakemary Center to extend the term for one (1) additional fiscal year for a revised term of February 1, 2016 through June 30, 2020, and reallocate $50,760 of unused contract spending authority from prior fiscal year to be used in fiscal years 2018-19 and 2019-20 towards additional units of service, for a revised total Agreement amount of $1,396,435.
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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 Amendment No. 3 to Mental Health Services Agreement A-13251 with Lakemary Center to extend the term for one (1) additional fiscal year for a revised term of February 1, 2016 through June 30, 2020, and reallocate $50,760 of unused contract spending authority from prior fiscal year to be used in fiscal years 2018-19 and 2019-20 towards additional units of service, for a revised total Agreement amount of $1,396,435.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Lakemary Center, located in Paola, Kansas, is a 65-bed Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) licensed by the State of Kansas to provide educational and psychiatric treatment for children aged 6-21 years with dual diagnoses of intellectual and /or developmental disabilities and psychiatric disorders, including Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Lakemary Center provides tailored services for children with deficits in a variety of adaptive functioning areas, including communication, self-care, functional academics, social skills, leisure skills, and community use skills. Behavioral presentations addressed include high levels of aggression, self-injury, elopement, property destruction, and other high-risk behaviors.
This Amendment No. 3 adds an additional placement retroactive to October 26, 2018 due to an emergency placement of a Monterey County youth in accordance...
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