Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Jei Africa, Director, Behavioral Health, and Recovery Services
Subject: Agreement with Telecare Corporation for Mental Health Rehabilitation Center Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Telecare Corporation for mental health rehabilitation center services for the term of October 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $10,480,398.
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BACKGROUND:
The current aged Cordilleras Mental Health Center in Redwood City is being replaced with four new Mental Health Rehabilitation Centers (MHRC) and co-housing facilities at the newly named Cordilleras Health and Healing Campus. Services at the new facilities are anticipated to begin in early 2024.
In May 2022, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) issued a Request for Proposals seeking four separate agencies to provide MHRC services for four separate 16-bed MHRC facilities at the newly rebuilt Cordilleras campus.
In August 2022, Telecare Corporation (Telecare), Caminar Inc., Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc., and STARS, Inc. were selected to provide these MHRC services. By having four separate providers and limiting the size of each facility to no more than 16 beds, the contracted MHRC services will be eligible for Federal Financial Participation for billed Medi-Cal services. Smaller facilities also allow services to be more targeted to specific consumer needs, improving consumer outcomes.
Telecare operates numerous mental health facilities throughout California. For BHRS, Telecare currently contracts to provide Full-Service Partnership and crisis residential services at Serenity House, as well as MHRC and residential services at the current Cordilleras facility since 1982.
Agreements with the other three MHRC providers will be submitted to this Board separately.
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