To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #74-475-191(3) with Star View Behavioral Health, Inc.
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #74-475-191(3) with Star View Behavioral Health, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $780,402, to provide Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) including Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP) services for youth in Contra Costa County, for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $780,402 over a 3-year period and will be funded 100% by Federal Medi-Cal revenues.
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing Medi-Cal SMHS for high needs minors who require an increased level of care in an out-of-county residential setting providing acute inpatient psychiatric care, residential care enhanced by intensive mental health services and schooling to youth with severe emotional and behavioral disorders. Contractor provides a secure and structured multidisciplinary treatment program for youth who cannot live safely in family homes or lower-level group care because of the nature and severity of their emotional and behavioral problems. Contractor has been providing these mental health services since August 2024.
This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: Welfare and Institution Code, §5600 et seq. (The Bronzan McCorquodale Act); California Code of Regulations (“CCR”), Title 9, § 523 et seq. (Community Mental Health Services) and California Government Code §§ 26227 and 31000. Health Services Personnel approved this Contract to ensure no conflicts with labor relations. Contractor currently cooperates and participates in the Behavioral Health Services Department’s Quality Management Program which consists of quality improvement activities to improve the quality of care, services and member experience. Cooperation includes collection and evaluation of performance measurement data and participation in the organization’s clinical and service measure Quality Improvement Programs. These services were determined to be exempt from Administrative Bulletin 600.3 solicitation requirements by the Public Works Department’s Purchasing Division.
On January 13, 2026, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-475-191(2) with Star View Behavioral Health, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $500,000, for the provision of Medi-Cal SMHS for beneficiaries in Contra Costa County, for the period December 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
Approval of Contract #74-475-191(3) will allow the Contractor to continue to provide services through June 30, 2029.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Contract is not approved, youth requiring Medi-Cal SMHS and STRTP services will not have access to Contractor’s services, potentially resulting in placement in higher levels of care as County solicits and engages an alternative Contractor.
CHILDREN’S IMPACT STATEMENT:
The recommendation supports the following children's outcome(s): Children Ready for and Succeeding in School; Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood; and Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing.