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Approve a second contract amendment with Sierra Vista Hospital for $210,000 for a total contract amount of $685,832 to provide psychiatric medical services for the current period through June 30, 2024; and Delegate authority to the County Administrator to execute the amendment and any subsequent amendments, with County Counsel concurrence, up to an aggregate of $74,999
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Health & Social Services (H&SS) recommends that the Board of Supervisors approve a second contract amendment with Sierra Vista Hospital for $210,000 for a total contract amount of $685,832 to provide psychiatric medical services for the current period through June 30, 2024; and delegate authority to the County Administrator to execute the amendment and any subsequent amendments, with County Counsel concurrence, up to an aggregate of $74,999.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Sierra Vista Hospital is a full-service mental health facility providing inpatient and outpatient psychiatric services. Under the current contract, Sierra Vista Hospital provides assessment, diagnosis, and acute psychiatric inpatient treatment services for Solano County clients in a 24-hour secure setting. Individuals are typically admitted to Sierra Vista Hospital when placed on a Welfare and Institution (W&I) Code section 5150 indicating that the individual is a danger to self, others, or gravely disabled due to mental illness.
On June 28, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved a $475,832 utilization-based contract with Sierra Vista Hospital for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024. The first contract amendment was executed on July 1, 2022 to update the provider rate cost details without impacting the total contract amount. This second contract amendment represents an increase of $210,000 for a total contract amount of $685,832 and is necessary to continue and ...
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