To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Mental Health
SUBJECT:
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First Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Helios Healthcare, LLC, Doing Business as Idylwood Care Center, Regarding the Provision of Long-Term Residential Skilled Nursing and Mental Health Treatment Services
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute, the attached first amendment to the professional services agreement with Helios Healthcare, LLC, doing business as Idylwood Care Center, regarding the provision of long-term residential skilled nursing and mental health treatment services to adults with mental illnesses for the period of July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2019; and direct the Clerk of the Board to return two (2) fully executed original copies of the attached first amendment to the Department of Health and Human Services - Contract Unit for further processing.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Mental Health Fund
DISCUSSION:
The Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services - Mental Health ("DHHS - Mental Health"), in coordination with the Humboldt County Public Guardian's Office, utilizes a variety of placement options to provide long-term care to chronically mentally ill clients who require assistance in locked and unlocked facilities. It is important for the placement team to have a variety of treatment options because vacancies and client needs fluctuate.
Helios Healthcare, LLC, doing business as Idylwood Care Center, operates the Courtyard at Idylwood, a locked skilled nursing facility, and the Gardens at ldylwood, an unlocked skilled nursing facility, located in Sunnyvale, California. Helios Healthcare, LLC's skilled nursing facilities serve clients who require twenty-four (24) hour monitoring in a residential setting due to the severity of their mental illness.
Clients placed at Helios Healthcare, LLC's skilled nursing facilities are monitored by the county's multi...
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