File #: 23-0587   
On agenda: 6/20/2023 Final action: 6/20/2023
Enactment date: Enactment #: Agreement No. 23-309, Agreement No. 23-310, Agreement No. 23-311, Agreement No. 23-312
Recommended Action(s)
 		1. Make a finding that it is in the best interest of the County to waive the competitive bidding process consistent with Administrative Policy No. 34 for unusual or extraordinary circumstances for the agreements listed within recommended actions two through five given the non-competitive nature of the master agreement; 2. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a master agreement for inpatient psychiatric hospital services, effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025, which includes one optional one-year extension, total not to exceed $58,000,000; 3. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an agreement with BHC Sierra Vista Hospital for inpatient psychiatric hospital services, effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025, which includes one optional one-year extension, total not to exceed $15,300,000; 4. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an agreement with BHC Heritage Oaks Hospital for inpatient psychiatric hospital services, effective July 1, 2023 through J...
Attachments: 1. Agenda Item, 2. Suspension of Competition - Master Agreement, 3. Suspension of Competition - Sierra Vista, 4. Suspension of Competition - Heritage Oaks, 5. Suspension of Competition - UHS of Madera, Inc., 6. Agreement A-23-309 Master Agreement, 7. Agreement A-23-310 with BHC Sierra Vista Hospital, 8. Agreement A-23-311 with BHC Heritage Oaks Hospital, 9. Agreement A-23-312 with UHS of Madera
DATE: June 20, 2023

TO: Board of Supervisors

SUBMITTED BY: Susan L. Holt, LMFT, Director of Behavioral Health

SUBJECT: Agreements to Include State Mandated CalAIM Requirement Changes with Term Extensions for Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital Services

RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Make a finding that it is in the best interest of the County to waive the competitive bidding process consistent with Administrative Policy No. 34 for unusual or extraordinary circumstances for the agreements listed within recommended actions two through five given the non-competitive nature of the master agreement;

2. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a master agreement for inpatient psychiatric hospital services, effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025, which includes one optional one-year extension, total not to exceed $58,000,000;

3. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an agreement with BHC Sierra Vista Hospital for inpatient psychiatric hospital services, effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025, which includes one optional one-year extension, total not to exceed $15,300,000;

4. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an agreement with BHC Heritage Oaks Hospital for inpatient psychiatric hospital services, effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025, which includes one optional one-year extension, total not to exceed $1,580,000; and

5. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an agreement with UHS of Madera for inpatient psychiatric hospital services, effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025, which includes one optional one-year extension, total not to exceed $23,800,000.
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. The Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) has existing agreements in place for inpatient psychiatric hospital services; however, DBH must enter into new agreements that will replace, restate and supersede the existing agreements due to new Department of Health Care Services ...

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