To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Novation Contract #74-575-13 with Lincoln
☒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 Novation Contract #74-575-13 with Lincoln, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $594,447, to provide mental health services and multi-dimensional family therapy (MDFT) for Seriously Emotionally Disturbed (SED) adolescents and their families, for the period from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in budgeted expenditures of up to $594,447 and will be funded 100% by Mental Health Services Act revenue.
BACKGROUND:
The Behavioral Health Services Department has been contracting with Lincoln since July 2018, to provide mental health services. 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); 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.
This provider was selected in collaboration with community stakeholder advisory bodies and was approved as part of the comprehensive Mental Health Services Act Three-Year Plan as required by State regulation. Providers interested in providing specialized services were invited proactively to participate in program development and offered the opportunity to submit interest at dozens of publicly noticed meetings. The services and vendors were identified in the formal Three-Year plan was approved on the following schedule that was noticed to the public and approved by the Board on August 1, 2023. The Three-Year Plan was posted for public comment from June 5, 2023 through July 5, 2023, there was a Public Hearing at the Mental Health Commission meeting on July 5, 2023, and it was approved by the Board of Supervisors on August 1, 2023.
On September 13, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-575-11 with Lincoln, in an amount not to exceed $1,773,422, to provide mental health services and MDFT for SED adolescents and their families, for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 which included a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $886,711.
Approval of Novation Contract #74-575-13 replaces the automatic extension under the prior contract and allows the contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2024.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, SED adolescents and their families may experience reduced or discontinued behavioral health services.