TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Jennifer Yasumoto, Health and Human Services Agency
REPORT BY: Gaby Angeles, Staff Services Analyst II
SUBJECT: Agreement No. 230240B with TBH Management, LLC. dba Traditions Behavioral Health
RECOMMENDATION
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Director of Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign Agreement No. 230240B with TBH Management, LLC. dba Traditions Behavioral Health, for a maximum of $2,571,840, for a term of December 8, 2022, through June 30, 2026, for the provision of medication clinic services.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Approval of today’s action will allow for TBH Management, LLC. dba Traditions Behavioral Health to provide HHSA-Mental Health a medical director and psychiatrists to provide clinical medication services.
TBH Management, LLC. dba Traditions Behavioral Health is not a local provider.
FISCAL & STRATEGIC PLAN IMPACT
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Is there a Fiscal Impact? |
Yes |
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Is it currently budgeted? |
Yes |
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Where is it budgeted? |
Health & Human Services Mental Health |
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Is it Mandatory or Discretionary? |
Mandatory |
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Is the general fund affected? |
No |
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Future fiscal impact: |
This agreement contains a provision for automatic renewal. Appropriations will be requested at mid-year review for the current fiscal year and future fiscal years will be budgeted accordingly. |
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Consequences if not approved: |
HHSA-Mental Health Division will not have consistent and reliable psychiatry services or a psychiatric medical director, which would severely impact patient care. |
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County Strategic Plan pillar addressed: |
Healthy, Safe, and Welcoming Place to Live, Work, and Visit |
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The proposed action is not a project as defined by 14 California Code of Regulations 15378 (State CEQA Guidelines) and therefore CEQA is not applicable.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The Napa County Health and Human Services Agency-Mental Health Division solicited qualified proposals via an RFP process on September 21, 2022, to provide administrative oversight, management, psychiatric recruitment, and psychiatric medication management services for HHSA-Mental Health adult and child/adolescent medication clinics. Traditions Behavioral Health (TBH) was awarded the contract resulting from the competitive RFP process and will begin medication management responsibilities out of the HHSA South Campus Medication Clinic.
TBH will manage and provide administrative oversight for all County medication clinic responsibilities and will recruit and retain three permanent full-time adult psychiatrists, one permanent full-time child/adolescent psychiatrist, and one permanent psychiatric medical director that will conduct half-time administrative duties and half-time patient care responsibilities. All positions recruited will be considered employees of TBH and will be administratively and clinically supervised by TBH. All Contractor employees will work collaboratively with County staff and leadership to ensure best practice patient care. All psychiatrists recruited are expected to possess desired qualities of competence, compassion, empathy, integrity, and have high ethical standards in practice. Doctors must also carry an active board certification with the American Board of Psychiatry and Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).