To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Rescind Prior Board Action Pertaining to Contracted Services with Starview Behavioral Health, Inc.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
RESCIND Board action of June 23, 2026 (C.136) which approved and authorized the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #74-475-191(3) with Starview Behavioral Health, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $780,402, to provide Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) including Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP) services for youth in Contra Costa County, for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029; and APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #74-475-191(3) with Starview Behavioral Health, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,560,804, to provide Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) including Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP) services for youth in Contra Costa County, for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $1,560,804 over a 3-year period and will be funded 100% by Federal Medi-Cal revenues.
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County's population by providing Medi-Cal SMHS for high needs minors who require an increased level of care in an out-of-county residential setting providing acute inpatient psychiatric care, residential care enhanced by intensive mental health services and schooling to youth with severe emotional and behavioral disorders. Contractor provides a secure and structured multidisciplinary treatment program for youth who cannot live safely in family homes or lower-level group care because of the nature and severity of their emotional and behavioral pro...
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