MEETING DATE: 11/21/2017
DEPARTMENT: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
DEPT HEAD/DIRECTOR: Alan Yamamoto
AGENDA ITEM PREPARER:
SBC DEPT FILE NUMBER:
SUBJECT:
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT - A. YAMAMOTO
Approve contract with San Jose Behavioral Health for the period of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2017, in an amount not to exceed $200,000.00.
SBC FILE NUMBER: 810
AGENDA SECTION:
CONSENT AGENDA
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY:
Behavioral Health clients may at times require inpatient, acute psychiatric hospital services to meet their acute care treatment needs. San Jose Behavioral Health is an acute psychiatric hospital in San Jose that provides services for adults and adolescents with acute psychiatric hospital needs. There is a statewide shortage of available psychiatric hospital beds so the Behavioral Health Department contracts with multiple hospitals to increase the options for psychiatric hospital bed availability.
(1) OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
Most clients access psychiatric inpatient hospital care via Hazel Hawkins Hospital Emergency Dept. (HHHED). Clients receive evaluation and authorization to access psychiatric hospital services from Behavioral Health Department clinical staff. Our staff coordinates with the hospital staff and physicians to provide the appropriate associated services
BUDGETED:
Yes