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Approve a 4 year contract with the Regents of the University of California, University of California, Davis for $122,812 to provide infrastructure development for a statewide early psychosis learning health care network beginning January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2023; and Authorize the County Administrator to execute the contract and any subsequent amendments that remain within budgeted appropriations
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Health and Social Services (H&SS) recommends that the Board approve a 4 year contract with the Regents of the University of California, University of California, Davis for $122,812 to provide infrastructure development for a statewide early psychosis (EP) learning health care network (LHCN) beginning January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2023; and authorize the County Administrator to execute the contract and any subsequent amendments that remain within budgeted appropriations.
SUMMARY:
Solano County, along with several other California counties, serves as a partner agency for the sustainable LHCN for EP treatment programs. EP programs serve mental health consumers who have experienced their first episode of psychosis within 24 months of referral. This project is intended to support quality improvements, consumer engagement and provider use of measurement-based care in EP programs. Part of the infrastructure provided by University of California, Davis includes the development of self-reporting assessment tools and the associated app; the equipment needed to implement the LHCN; ongoing program and statewide evaluation to improve the efficacy of EP programs; and support to implement measurement-based care in EP treatment programs to improve consumer mental health outcomes.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding for the EP LHCN Innovation project has been approved by the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Steer...
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