To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #74-446-14 with Neil Sachs, M.D.
☒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 #74-446-14 with Neil Sachs, M.D., an individual, in an amount not to exceed $250,000, to provide outpatient psychiatric care services to mentally ill older adults in West Contra Costa County, for the period October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in annual expenditures of up to $250,000 and will be funded as budgeted by the department 100% by Mental Health Realignment funds.
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 adults in West Contra Costa County. The Behavioral Health Division has been contracting with Neil Sachs, M.D., since October 1, 2012.
This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: Welfare and Institutions Code, § 5600 et seq. (The Bronzan McCorquodale Act) and California Government Code §§ 26227 and 31000. The Behavioral Health’s Quality Management, Utilization Management and Contract Monitor Staff meet on a regular basis to ensure monitoring and performance measures in the contract are upheld. This Contract was approved by Health Services Personnel to ensure there is no conflict with labor relations. Per Administrative Bulletin 600.3 the Contractor provides physician services and is exempt from solicitation requirements.
On August 8, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-446-13 with Neil Sachs, M.D., in an amount not to exceed $241,613, for the provision of outpatient psychiatric care services to mentally ill adults in West Contra Costa County for the period October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
Approval of Contract #74-446-14 will allow contractor to continue providing psychiatric care services through September 30, 2025.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Contract is not approved, the County’s clients will not have access to this contractor’s psychiatric care services.