To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #74-365-17 with Jee Hyun Guss, 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 #74-365-17 with Jee Hyun Guss, M.D., an individual, in an amount not to exceed $290,000, to provide outpatient mental health services for Central Contra Costa County patients for the period September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in annual service expenditures of up to $290,000 and will be funded as budgeted by the department in FY 2024-25, 100% by Mental Health Realignment funds.
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing psychiatric services for mentally ill adults in Central Contra Costa County. Contactor has been providing psychiatric services for mentally ill adults in Central Contra Costa County, since September 1, 2009.
This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: Welfare and Institutions 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. 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 #74-365-15, with Jee Hyun Guss, M.D., in an amount not to exceed $288,288, to provide outpatient psychiatric services, including diagnosing, counseling, evaluating and providing medical and therapeutic treatment and consulting and training in medical and therapeutic matters to adult patients in Central Contra Costa County, for the period September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2024.
Approval of Contract #74-365-17 will allow the contractor to continue providing outpatient psychiatric services to patients in Centra Contra Costa County through August 31, 2025.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Contract is not approved, this Contractor will not be able to provide outpatient mental health services to patients, which may delay services to patients.