DATE: June 20, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Retroactive Amendment to Master Agreement with Qualified Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Service Providers
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Amendment I to Master Agreement No. 15-256 with qualified non-emergency medical transportation service providers for mental health clients, effective April 1, 2017 with no change in term to June 30, 2020, and increasing the maximum by $350,000 to a total of $850,000.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will allow the Department of Behavioral Health to increase transportation services for mental health clients. The recommended amendment increases transportation availability and provides the Department with the flexibility to provide authorized client transportation services both within the County and to/from out-of-county mental health facilities on an as needed basis. The services are funded with Mental Health Services Act - Community Services and Supports (MHSA - CSS), with no increase in Net County Cost.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
1. Your Board may choose to adjust the amount of the recommended amendment, which could require a corresponding adjustment of service hours.
2. Your Board may also choose to utilize County drivers only, resulting in possible service delays due to the limited number of County drivers available to the Department for these services and only during the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Monday through Friday, at a higher cost, and increased liability of transportation services to the County.
Non-approval of the recommended amendment will impact existing agreements with other mental health service providers (i.e., Merced County Psychiatric Health Facility and Kaweah Delta Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital) that require the County to provide transportation services to and from their respective facilities. Admin...
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