To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Amendment #74-277-30 with Jackson & Coker Locumtenens, LLC
?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 Amendment Agreement #74-277-30 with Jackson & Coker Locumtenens, LLC, a limited liability company, effective October 1, 2024, to amend Contract #74-277-29, to increase the payment limit by $500,000 from $2,000,000 to a new payment limit of $2,500,000 for additional temporary psychiatric medical services and recruitment services with no change in the original term of January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Amendment will result in additional annual expenditures of up to $500,000 and will be funded as budgeted by 100% Mental Health Realignment. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
County's Behavioral Health Services Division/ Mental Health has an obligation to provide psychiatric physician services to patients, including medication management and therapy services. Therefore, County contracts with temporary help firms to ensure patient care is provided during peak loads, temporary absences, vacations or emergency situations when full staffing is required. This contractor has been providing temporary Psychiatric services since July 1, 2006. This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code ??31000 and 31000.4. 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. These contracted services were determined to be exempt from Administrative Bulletin 600.3 solicitation requirements by the Public Works Department's Purchasing Division.
On January 9, 2024, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-2...
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