To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #74-571-10 with Psynergy Programs, 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 #74-571-10 with Psynergy Programs, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $873,462, to provide residential care services to adults diagnosed with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and Serious Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI), for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in annual budgeted expenditures of up to $873,462 for and will be funded by 88% Mental Health Realignment and 12% Behavioral Health Services Act revenues.
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County's population by providing community-based residential care services focusing on adults diagnosed with SMI and SPMI who are stepping down from the Institutes for Mental Diseases (IMD) levels of care and transitioning back into the community. The Contractor has been providing these services since September 2018. The Contractor has been providing these services since September 2018.
This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code ?? 26227; California Code of Regulations, Title 9, Section 523 et seq.; California Welfare and Institutions Code Section (5600 et. seq., known as The Bronzan-McCorquodale Act). 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 ...
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