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File #: 25-1011    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Approval Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 11/19/2025 In control: Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
On agenda: 12/16/2025 Final action:
Title: Approval of First Amendment to BOS Agreement No. 25-131 with St. Helena Hospital DBA Adventist Health St. Helena and DBA Adventist Health Vallejo in the Amount of $500,000 for a New Total of $1,000,000, to Provide Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment Services to Qualified Mendocino County Clients, Effective July 29, 2025, through June 30, 2026
Attachments: 1. Proposed Amendment

To:  BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

From:  Behavioral Health and Recovery Services

Meeting Date:  December 16, 2025

 

Department Contact:  

Jenine Miller, Psy.D.

Phone: 

707-472-2341

 

Item Type:   Consent Agenda

 

Time Allocated for Item: N/A

 

 

Agenda Title:

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Approval of First Amendment to BOS Agreement No. 25-131 with St. Helena Hospital DBA Adventist Health St. Helena and DBA Adventist Health Vallejo in the Amount of $500,000 for a New Total of $1,000,000, to Provide Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment Services to Qualified Mendocino County Clients, Effective July 29, 2025, through June 30, 2026

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Recommended Action/Motion:

recommendation

Approve first amendment to BOS Agreement No. 25-131 with St. Helena Hospital DBA Adventist Health St. Helena and DBA Adventist Health Vallejo in the amount of $500,000 for a new Agreement total of $1,000,000 to provide inpatient psychiatric treatment services to qualified Mendocino County clients, effective July 29, 2025, through June 30, 2026; authorize the Health Services Director or designee to sign any future amendments that do not affect the annual maximum amount; and authorize Chair to sign same.

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Previous Board/Board Committee Actions:

July 29, 2025, Item 3(ab) Approval of Agreement No. BOS 25-131                     

 

Summary of Request

Adventist Health is an acute care psychiatric inpatient treatment facility located in Vallejo and St. Helena, California. Admission to Adventist Health is based on the medical necessity of clients who are unable to maintain and safely function at home or in the community. At the facility, Adventist Health provides multi-disciplinary evaluation, treatment, rapid stabilization, and coordinated discharge planning that encourages wellness and recovery of individuals, with a goal to send those individuals back to their respective community.

 

Currently, there are no local facilities in Mendocino County that are able to provide acute psychiatric inpatient treatment. As a result, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) hopes to continue to contract with Adventist Health through the proposed $500,000 additional amount to the initial Agreement, a total amount of $1,000,000 for inpatient psychiatric hospitalization services to qualified Mendocino County clients. Through the proposed Agreement, BHRS will continue to place qualified mental health clients in Adventist Health, where they will receive appropriate care including diagnostic assessments, bed spaces, therapeutic and rehabilitation services, and applicable treatment for stabilization and maintenance of mental health conditions, with an overall goal to improve client functioning and successfully discharge or transition them to a lower level of care. This agreement will be effective on July 29, 2025 through June 30, 2026.

 

Amendment to the current contract is required to allow Mendocino County BHRS to place additional mental health clients without interruption throughout this fiscal year.

 

Alternative Action/Motion:

Return to staff for alternative handling                     

 

Strategic Plan Priority Designation: A Safe and Healthy County

 

Supervisorial District:  All

                                          

Vote Requirement:  Majority

                                          

 

 

Supplemental Information Available Online At: N/A

 

Fiscal Details:

source of funding: 4050

current f/y cost: $1,000,000

budget clarification: some of the services covered by this agreement are billable to medi-cal and will be reimbursed by the state. additional funding comes from realignment dollars as needed and reflected in q1 budget adjustment.

annual recurring cost: N/A

budgeted in current f/y (if no, please describe): Yes

revenue agreement: No

AGREEMENT/RESOLUTION/ORDINANCE APPROVED BY COUNTY COUNSEL: Yes

CEO Liaison: Tony Rakes, Deputy CEO                                                               

CEO Review: Yes                                            

CEO Comments:

 

FOR COB USE ONLY

Executed By: Deputy Clerk

Final Status: Item Status

Date: Date Executed

Executed Item Type: item

 

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