DATE: June 23, 2020
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
Robert W. Bash, Director of Internal Services/Chief Information Officer
SUBJECT: Agreement and Facility Use Agreement with Central Star Behavioral Health, Inc. for Adolescent Youth Psychiatric Health Facility Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an Agreement with Central Star Behavioral Health, Inc. for an adolescent youth acute inpatient psychiatric health facility, effective July 1, 2020, not to exceed five consecutive years, which includes a three-year base contract and two optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $28,062,032.
2. Approve and authorize the Director of Internal Services/Chief Information Officer to execute a Facility Use Agreement with Central Star Behavioral Health, Inc. effective July 1, 2020, not to exceed five consecutive years, which includes a three-year base contract and two optional one-year extensions, for County owned space at 4411 E. Kings Canyon Rd, Fresno, CA 93702, Building 319 (7,069 square feet), to be used by Central Star Behavioral Health, Inc. to provide inpatient psychiatric health facility services to adolescent youth who may be admitted on a voluntary or involuntary basis.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions will allow the Department to continue to contract with Central Star Behavioral Health, Inc. (Central Star) to provide acute inpatient care services for youth and adolescents 12 to 18 years of age at a psychiatric health facility (PHF) located within a county-owned building at 4411 E. Kings Canyon Road in Fresno (County Building #319).
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There are no alternative actions. If the recommended actions are not approved, Central Star
would not be able to continue providing critical youth and adolescent psychiatric and other specialty mental health services at the identified county-owned facility.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Th...
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