DATE: June 20, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Retroactive Amendment I to Master Agreement with Licensed Residential Facilities for Adult Transitional Social Rehabilitation Program Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute retroactive Amendment I to Master Agreement No. 15-316 with licensed residential facilities for Adult Transitional Social Rehabilitation Program services for persistent and severely mentally ill adult clients, effective April 1, 2017, with no change in term through June 30, 2020 and increasing the maximum compensation by $1,576,480 for a total of $7,826,480.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will allow the Department of Behavioral Health to continue to provide a less restrictive level of care to clients utilizing licensed residential Transitional Social Rehabilitation Program (TSRP) service facilities. The services are designed to minimize the risk of client hospitalizations and assist clients with the development of independent living skills with the goal of advancing to a less structured setting. To maintain the services, the proposed amendment will increase the maximum compensation to $1,644,120 annually from FY 2016-17 through FY 2019-20. The additional funds are necessary to maintain client services and avoid running out of funds. Actual costs are determined by usage. Based on the recent utilization of funds for this contract it is necessary that the Department increase maximum compensation. The services will be funded with Mental Health Realignment, with no increase in Net County Cost.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should the recommended actions not be approved the Department would be unable to place clients at certified transitional social rehabilitation service facilities, as needed. The Department would have to place adult clients in a higher level of care, at a higher cost, through Master Agreement No. 16-2...
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