DATE: November 14, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
Robert W. Bash, Director of Internal Services/Chief Information Officer
SUBJECT: Mental Health Crisis Residential Treatment Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an Agreement with Central Star Behavioral Health, Inc., for adult mental health crisis residential treatment services, effective December 1, 2017, not to exceed five years and seven months consecutively, which includes a seven-month ramp-up and implementation phase followed by a three-year base contract and two optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $11,667,380; and,
2. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Facility Use Agreement with Star View Children and Family Services, Inc., effective May 1, 2018 through June 30, 2023, for County owned space at 496 S. Barton, Fresno, CA 93702, Building 337 (11,655 square feet), to be used by Central Star Behavioral Health, Inc. to provide adult mental health crisis residential treatment services.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions will allow for a seven-month ramp-up and implementation of the Adult Mental Health Crisis Residential Treatment Program (CRT) followed by a three-year base contract and two optional one-year service extensions for CRT services for adults. Central Star Behavioral Health, Inc. (Central Star) was selected following a Request for Proposal (RFP) process. Central Star will begin acquiring all the necessary licensing and staff prior to implementation on May 1, 2018, with no increase in Net County Cost. The CRT Facility is new and was the result of a grant that was awarded from the California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA). The services will be funded with Mental Health Realignment and Short/Doyle Medi-Cal Federal Financial Participation funds.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There are no viable alternative actions. If the recommended ...
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