Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Lisa Mancini, Director, Aging and Adult Services
Scott Gilman, Director, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Subject: Telecare Corporation for Psychiatric Treatment Services and Long-Term Care
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Telecare Corporation for psychiatric treatment services and long-term care for clients of the Public Guardian, for the term of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $23,265,622.
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BACKGROUND:
Telecare Corporation (Telecare) is one of the nation's largest providers of adult mental health services. They operate programs tailored to individuals with co-occurring conditions such as homelessness, substance abuse, and developmental disabilities. Telecare has provided psychiatric treatment services for County residents since 1982.
DISCUSSION:
Telecare will continue to operate the County's Cordilleras facility as a Mental Health Rehabilitation Center (MHRC). It will provide: 1) psychiatric treatment in a locked setting for up to 68 seriously mentally ill county residents; and 2) provide 49 residential treatment beds to county residents who can be served in an unlocked licensed residential care setting. Telecare will also provide bed capacity for Aging and Adult Services' (AAS) conserved clients and Behavioral Health and Recovery Services' (BHRS) clients at the contractor's Garfield Neurobehavioral Center (GNC), located in Oakland, California. The clients placed at GNC will receive treatment for severe behavioral issues associated with brain damage.
The B-1 Administrative Memorandum exempts services that are required for specific clients placed in out-of-County facilities from the Request for Proposals (RFP) process.
In 2014 BHRS conducted a feasibility study regarding the physical and programmatic st...
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