To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Rescind Prior Board Action Pertaining to Contracted Services with Starview Behavioral Health, Inc.
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
RESCIND Board action of June 23, 2026 (C.136) which approved and authorized the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #74-475-191(3) with Starview 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; and APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #74-475-191(3) with Starview Behavioral Health, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,560,804, 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 $1,560,804 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. This 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.
On June 23, 2026, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-475-191(3) with Star View Behavioral Health, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $780,402, for the provision of Medi-Cal SMHS including STRTP services for youth in Contra Costa County, for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027.
Approval of this Board Order will rescind the prior Board action and allow the Department to correct the Contract Payment limit to read in an amount not to exceed $1,560,804, for the provision Medi-Cal SMHS for youth in Contra Costa County, for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this recommendation is not approved, the prior incorrect Board action will stand and the department will not have Board authorization for the correct payment limit.