To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Mental Health
SUBJECT:
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Professional Services Agreement with Restpadd Health Corporation Regarding the Provision of Adult and Youth Psychiatric Inpatient Services to Eligible Medi-Cal Beneficiaries Residing in Humboldt County
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute, the attached professional services agreement with Restpadd Health Corporation regarding the provision of adult and youth psychiatric inpatient services to eligible Medi-Cal beneficiaries residing in Humboldt County for the period of April 27, 2018 through June 30, 2019; and direct the Clerk of the Board to return two (2) fully executed original copies of the attached professional services agreement 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 Board of Supervisors has authorized the Department of Health and Human Services - Mental Health ("DHHS - Mental Health") to operate the County of Humboldt's Mental Health Plan. The provision of specialty mental health services to all Medi-Cal beneficiaries residing in Humboldt County that meet necessary criteria is, and will remain, the responsibility of DHHS - Mental Health. Therefore, since April 1998, DHHS - Mental Health has contracted with qualified specialty mental health providers, including Restpadd Health Corporation, who have historically served Medi-Cal beneficiaries residing in Humboldt County. DHHS - Mental Health has established a provider network with in-county as well as out-of-county providers for referrals of Medi-Cal beneficiaries residing in Humboldt County to ensure beneficiaries have a choice of appropriate providers.
Psychiatric Health Facilities ("PHF") offer an alternative to repeated psychiatric hospitalization. Youths and adults placed at these facilities are stabilized, treated and transiti...
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