DATE: November 15, 2022
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Manager
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Amend an Agreement with Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center for Mobile Integrated Health Unit Services for Fiscal Year 2022-2023
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to amend the professional services agreement with Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center to increase the contract amount by $126,000 for a total amount not-to-exceed $200,000 for a mobile mental health clinician as part of the Mobile Integrated Health Unit...End
SUMMARY
On May 18, 2021, Council received the recommendations of the Public Safety Policy Innovation Workshop, authorized a budget allocation to support the projects, and directed staff to begin implementing nine of the pilot projects in FY 2022. One of these projects is the Mobile Integrated Health Unit (MIHU), which pairs a community paramedic specially trained in mental health issues and nutrition with a behavioral health clinician to respond to calls for service related to mental illness, substance abuse, and homelessness, if the scene is secure.
The MIHU launched on a part-time basis on January 22, 2022. Staff identified a community paramedic, purchased vehicles and necessary supplies, and identified Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center (TVHC) as a community partner to provide the mobile behavioral health clinical services. Staff has been working with TVHC on finalizing the scope of services and staffing model for the MIHU. TVHC has recruited a licensed clinician to staff the MIHU pilot.
On July 1st, 2022, the City entered into an agreement with TVHC to provide clinical services for the MIHU and now City staff are seeking authorization to increase this agreement by $126,000 for a total not-to-exceed contract amount of $200,000. With the recommended increased contract amount, TVHC's mobile ...
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