DATE: November 7, 2023
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Susan L. Holt, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Amendment III to Master Agreement for Locum Tenens Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Amendment III to Master Agreement for Locum Tenens Services to add Lavaca Street Ventures, LLC and Orbit Health, A Professional Corporation and their rates as contractors, with no change to term of May 7, 2019 through June 30, 2025, or compensation maximum of $51,500,000.
2. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Amendment III to Master Agreement for Telemedicine Services to add Lavaca Street Ventures, LLC and Orbit Health, A Professional Corporation and their rates as contractors, with no change to term of January 7, 2020 through June 30, 2025, or compensation maximum of $40,863,680.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions will add contractors Lavaca Street Ventures, LLC and Orbit Health, A Professional Corporation to the master agreements for Locum Tenens and Telemedicine. These actions will allow the Department of Behavioral Health (Department) to competitively recruit through the contractors and retain qualified and experienced onsite psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If your Board were not to approve the recommended actions, the Department would continue to struggle to meet essential needs for psychiatric services for severely mentally ill adults and seriously emotionally disturbed children and adolescents.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions.
The maximum cost of the master agreement for Locum Tenens is $51,500,000 and will be financed with Mental Health Realignment and Short/Doyle Medi-Cal revenue. Maximum compensation for each fiscal year is $7,000,000. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are included in the Department's Org 5630 FY 20...
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