To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #77-246-3 with Adapt: A Behavioral Collective, 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 #77-246-3 with Adapt: A Behavioral Collective, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $6,900,000, to provide Behavioral Health Treatment (BHT) - Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Comprehensive Diagnostic Evaluations (CDE) and Behavioral Health Services - Therapy services for Contra Costa Health Plan (CCHP) members and County recipients for the period September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $6,900,000 over a three-year period and will be funded 100% by CCHP Enterprise Fund II revenues.
BACKGROUND:
CCHP has an obligation to provide certain specialized BHT-ABA, CDE and therapy health care services including, but not limited to; thorough reviews and assessments of a child’s development and behavior using national, evidence-based practice standards, treatment plans to improve the functioning of CCHP members with pervasive development disorder or autism under the terms of their Individual and Group Health Plan membership contracts with the County. This Contractor has been a member in the CCHP Provider Network providing BHT-ABA services and fostering a deep understanding of the CCHP organizations mission, values, and long-term objectives since September 2019.
This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code §§ 26227 and 31000; and Health and Safety Code § 1451. Health Services Personnel approved this contract to ensure there is no conflict with labor relations. Contractor currently cooperates with and participates in CCHP’s Quality Management Program which consists of quality improvement activities to improve the quality of care and 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 contracted services were determined to be exempt from Administrative Bulletin 600.3 solicitation requirements by the Public Works Department’s Purchasing Division.
On September 21, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #77-246-1 with Adapt: A Behavioral Collective, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $375,000, for the provision of BHT-ABA services for CCHP members and County recipients, for the period September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024.
On March 22, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract Amendment #77-246-2 with Adapt: A Behavioral Collective, Inc., effective March 1, 2022, to increase the payment limit by $75,000 to a new payment limit of $450,000 to provide additional BHT-ABA services including the addition of CDE services for CCHP members and County recipients, with no change in the original term of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024.
Approval of Contract #77-246-3 will allow the Contractor to continue to provide BHT-ABA, and CDE services including the addition of Behavioral Health Services -Therapy to CCHP members and County recipients through August 31, 2027.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Contract is not approved certain specialized Behavioral Health Treatment services for CCHP members under the terms of their Individual and Group Health Plan membership contracts with the County will not be provided and services may be delayed.