DATE: March 7, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: David Pomaville, Director, Department of Public Health
SUBJECT: Amendment III to Agreement with John E. Goodfellow, dba Goodfellow Occupational Therapy Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Amendment III to Purchasing Agreement P-15-007-O with John E. Goodfellow, dba Goodfellow Occupational Therapy Services, to add pediatric on-site physical therapy services, effective July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2019 and increasing the maximum by $126,350 to a total of $3,477,810.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will amend the existing agreement with John E. Goodfellow (Goodfellow) and expand the responsibilities to include on-site pediatric physical therapy services, a California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) mandated component of the California Children's Services (CCS) Medical Therapy Program (MTP). County Human Resources and the Department of Public Health have had an ongoing recruitment for Physical Therapists since July of 2015 but have had difficulty filling the two (2) vacant Physical Therapist positions. The proposed amendment will be funded with DHCS and Health Realignment monies, with no Net County Cost.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should your Board not approve the recommended action, the Department will continue to maintain a physical therapy waitlist, which currently includes 15 children and requires approximately 665 work hours (annually) to address. Service delays will increase as more children needing physical therapy enter the program if recruitment efforts continue to be unsuccessful.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The recommended amendment will increase the maximum compensation from $3,351,460 to $3,477,810 ($126,350) ($63,175 in both FY 2017-18 and FY 2018-19) for a total of $3,477,810. Funding for the MTP is provided by DHCS (50%) and Health Realignment (50%). Suffi...
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