DATE: May 8, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Master Agreement for Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Make a finding that it is in the best interest of the County to waive the competitive bidding process consistent with Administrative Policy No. 34 for unusual or extraordinary circumstances for referral clients requiring acute inpatient psychiatric services to a licensed inpatient facility for the Department of Behavioral Health.
2. Approve and authorize the Chairperson to execute a Master Agreement for Out-of-County Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital Services with providers whose annual service costs are expected to exceed the $100,000 maximum amount payable, effective May 8, 2018, not to exceed approximately five consecutive years, which includes a three-year and two-month base contract and two optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $3,880,000.
3. Authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Health, or designee, to add and/or delete providers to the Master Agreement for Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital Services.
REPORT
Approval of the first recommended action will ensure the continued availability of sufficient inpatient psychiatric beds for County adult mental health clients on an overflow basis.
Approval of the second recommended action will provide the Department of Behavioral Health a method to pay providers whose annual costs to serve Fresno County residents exceeds the Board approved $100,000 maximum amount payable for out-of-County non-contracted inpatient psychiatric hospital services for Medi-Cal and non-Medi-Cal recipients.
Approval of the third recommended action will allow the Director to approve the addition and/or deletion of providers to the master agreement to meet service needs, without exceeding the annual contract maximum. The recommended master agreement will be fully offset by Medi-Cal Federal Fi...
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