To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #74-462-13 with Brain Health Professional Services, PC
☒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 #74-462-13 with Brain Health Professional Services, PC, a professional corporation, in an amount not to exceed $351,437, to provide outpatient psychiatric care services for mentally ill older adults in Central Contra Costa County, for the period May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in budgeted expenditures of up to $351,437 and will be funded 100% by Mental Health Services Act Funds. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This contract meets the social needs of county’s population by providing psychiatric services including, but not limited to: diagnosing, counseling, evaluating, medication management and providing medical and psychiatric therapeutic treatment for mentally ill older adults in Central Contra Costa County. This contractor has been providing outpatient psychiatric care services since May 1, 2013. Health Services Personnel approved this Contract to ensure no conflicts with labor relations. This contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code §§ 26227 and 31000; and Welfare and Institutions Code, § 5600 et seq. (The Bronzan - McCorquodale Act). Acting as the Mental Health Plan as designated by Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) Contra Costa Behavioral Health is required to meet federal and state Network Adequacy standards to ensure that all Medi-Cal managed care covered services are available and accessible to beneficiaries in accordance with timely access and time and distance standards. These physician services were determined to be exempt from Administrative Bulletin 600.3 solicitation requirements by the Public Works Department’s Purchasing Division.
On April 24, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-462-12 with Brain Health Professional Services, PC, in an amount not to exceed $351,437, for the provision of outpatient psychiatric care services for mentally ill older adults in Central Contra Costa County for the period May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2024.
Approval of Contract #74-462-13, will allow the contractor to continue providing outpatient psychiatric care services to mentally ill older adults in Central Contra Costa County through April 30, 2025.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, County clients will not have access to contractor’s psychiatric care services which could result in increased wait time for services.