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Committee forwards $146.9 million amendment extending Crestwood contract for locked behavioral-health beds
Summary
The committee voted unanimously to forward DPH’s first amendment to the Crestwood contract, increasing the not-to-exceed amount to about $224.2 million and extending the term through 2028 to secure roughly 200 locked long-term mental-health beds, most of which are out of county. Supervisors pressed DPH on local bed capacity and patient transfers.
The Budget and Finance Committee on July 27 voted 3–0 to forward to the full Board a resolution approving Amendment No. 1 to the Department of Public Health’s contract with Crestwood, increasing the not-to-exceed amount to approximately $224,200,000 and extending the contract term through June 30, 2028. The amendment funds roughly 200 long-term locked mental-health residential beds, many provided out of county.
DPH staff (introduced by the clerk as "Kelly" and later referenced as Ms. Hiramoto) described Crestwood as a major community partner supplying locked acute treatment beds, skilled nursing,…
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