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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Make findings that the provision of services to operate County of El Dorado Psychiatric Health Facility (PHF) provided by Telecare Corporation, Inc. are in the public's best interest and that there are specialty skills, qualifications, and equipment not expressly identified in County classifications involved in the performance of the work in accordance with El Dorado County Ordinance Code, Chapter 3.13.030(B);
2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Amendment II to, competitively procured, Agreement for Services 4330 with Telecare Corporation, Inc., with the retroactive amendment start date of July 1, 2023, which increases the compensation by $4,728,120 for a new total compensation amount of $34,878,086, adds incentive payment options, updates standard contract language, and updates cost report and cost settlement requirements, with no change to the ending term date of the Agreement, with the retroactive request to allow HHSA to meet the Department of Health Care Services required implementation date of this new agreement, in compliance with the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal initiative;
3) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to execute amendments relating to Agreement 4330, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management, which do not increase the maximum dollar amount or term of the Agreement; and
4) Authorize the HHSA Director, or the HHSA Chief Assistant Director, to execute programmatic, administrative, and fiscal documents relating to Agreement 4330.
FUNDING: 75% Medi-Cal, 5% Other County Revenue (i.e., other counties paying to place their clients in our PHF), and 20% Realignment.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
The County of El Dorado’s (County)16-bed PHF is designed to provide 24-hour stabilization and treatment services countywide for those persons who meet criteria specified under the California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5150, which defin...
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