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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20080301.tiff RESOLUTION RE: APPROVE ADDENDUMS TO THREE AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE GROUP HOME/GROUP CENTER CARE SERVICES AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO SIGN WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and WHEREAS, the Board has been presented with Addendums to three Agreements to Purchase Group Home/Group Center Care Services between the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the Department of Social Services, and the following providers, commencing July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, with further terms and conditions being as stated in said addendums, and 1. Savio House (#5628) 2. Savio House (#1517239) 3. Savio House (#1534549) WHEREAS,after review,the Board deems it advisable to approve said addendums,a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, ex-officio Board of Social Services, that the Addendums to three Agreements to Purchase Group Home/Group Center Care Services between the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the Department of Social Services, and the above listed providers be, and hereby are, approved. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chair be, and hereby is, authorized to sign said addendums. The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 28th day of January, A.D., 2008, nunc pro tunc July 1, 2007. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO �� ATTEST: Li di -I/',;� ,AEft. m H. Jerke, Chair Weld County Clerk to the :'. obert D.7 den, Pro-Tem De.u y Cler to the Board ✓ z Willi Garcia 2RPO D M: c.� David E. Long �/ County Attorney demachQ7wtaoiDouglas:ten Ra Date of signature: (/3I 2008-0301 e ' SS0035 Pit DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES P.O. BOX A 'VGREELEY, CO. 80632 Website:www.co.weld.co.us Administration and Public Assistance(970)352-1551 WI D O Fax Number(970)353-5215 • MEMORANDUM COLORADO TO: Judy Griego - Director A FROM: Lesley Cobb - Child Welfare Rate Negotiator DATE: December 27, 2007 SUBJECT: Weld County Addendums to the Agreement to Purchase — State SS-23A Attached please find the Weld County Addendums to the Agreement to Purchase Group Home/Group Center Care services for the following providers: 1) Savio House— Provider ID# 5628 $81.24/day 2) Savio House—Provider ID# 1517239 $106.96/day 3) Savio House—Provider ID # 1534549 $81.24/day These have not been approved for consent contracts due to various provider rates. I am requesting approval and your signature along with the Board of County Commissioner's to complete these contracts for the FY 2007-2008. If you have any questions please call me at Ext. 6441. -o N r)t1 2008-0301 • WELD COUNTY ADDENDUM To that certain Agreement to Purchase Group Home/Group Center Care Services (the "Agreement") between Savio House and Weld County Department of Social Services for the period from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. The following provisions, made this j day of d„-c Ahzr, 2007, are added to the referenced Agreement. Except as modified hereby, all terms of the Agreement remain unchanged. 1. County agrees to purchase and Contractor agrees to provide the care and services, which are listed in this Agreement at a rate of$81.24,per day for children placed within the Group Home/Group Center identified as Provider ID #5628. These services will be for children who have been deemed eligible for social services under the statutes, rules and regulations of the State of Colorado. 2. Section I, Paragraph 2. All bed hold authorizations and payments are subject to a 3 day maximum for a child's temporary absence from a facility, including hospitalization. Bed hold requests must have prior written authorization from the Department Administrator before payment will be release to provider. 3. Add Paragraph 6 to Section I. A minimum of one polygraph test per Colorado fiscal year, if needed by the child, will be furnished under this contract for facilities that provide sex offender treatment. 4. Add Paragraph 7 to Section I. Any additional costs for specialized services, which include, but are not limited to; polygraph tests, plethysmographs, and urinalysis screens, which are not provided within the negotiated provider rate, will need to be authorized, in writing by the County, prior to the service being performed. Any payment for specialized services not authorized in writing will be denied. 5. Add Paragraph 8 to Section I. The services purchased under this Agreement for Group Home/Center services may include, but are not limited to: Basic 24-hour care and child maintenance (food, shelter, clothing, educational supplies and allowance), direct child care, transportation, administrative overhead, support overhead, service delivery staff, which may include but are not limited to: Parent training for teens, independent living training, mentor/advocate, and supervised visitation. 6. Add Paragraph 5 to Section II. Contact by the Contractor with the County regarding emergency medical, surgical or dental care will be made in person-to-person communication, not through phone mail messages. During regular work hours, the Contractor will make every effort to notify the assigned caseworker, supervisor, or Intake Screener of any emergency medical, surgical or dental issues prior to granting authorization. During non-regular work hours, weekends and holidays, the Contractor will contact the Emergency Duty Worker at the pager number(970) 304-2749. 7. Section III, Paragraph 5. Contractor additionally agrees to have appropriate personnel available for staffing current placements with the Utilization Review Team. This review team convenes every Monday morning, excluding holidays. Weld County SS-23A Addendum . 8. Add Paragraph 13 to Section IV. Agree to cooperate with any vendors hired by Weld County Department of Social Services to shorten the duration of placement. 9. Add Paragraph 14 to Section IV. Agree to schedule physical examinations within 14 days after placement, dental examinations within 60 days after placement and forward all appropriate information to the County. 10. Add Paragraph 15 to Section IV. A full evaluation of an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) for youth designated as a Special Education Student will be conducted every 3 years and reviewed every year. If the IEP is due while the child is in placement, the Contractor will complete or obtain a completed IEP. A copy will then be forwarded to the County. 11. Add Paragraph 16 to Section IV. Assure and certify that it and its principals: A. Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, and declared ineligible or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by a federal department or agency. B. Have not, within a three-year period of preceding this Agreement, been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public(federal, state, or local)transaction or contract under a public transaction; violation of federal or state antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen property; C. Are not presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a government entity(federal, state, or local) with commission of any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph (B) above. D. Have not within a three-year period preceding this Agreement, had one or more public transactions (federal, state, and local) terminated for cause or default. 11. Section V, Paragraph 5. Children in Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities, Therapeutic Residential Child Care Facilities, Residential Child Care Facilities and Child Placement Agencies are not eligible to receive clothing allowances as outlined in the Weld County Department of Social Services Policy and Procedure Manual. 12. Add Paragraph 7 to Section VI. It is expressly understood and agreed that the enforcement of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and all rights of action relating to such enforcement, shall be strictly reserved to the undersigned parties or their assignees, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall give or allow any claim or right of action whatsoever by any other person not included in this Agreement. It is the express intention of the undersigned parties that any entity other than the undersigned parties or their assignees receiving services or benefits under this Agreement shall be an incidental beneficiary only. 13. Add Paragraph 8 to Section VI. No portion of this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of any immunity the parties or their officers or employees may posses, nor shall any portion of this Agreement be deemed to have created a duty of care that did not previously exist with respect to any person not a party to this Agreement. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that no part of this Agreement is intended to 2 Weld County SS-23A Addendum circumvent or replace such immunities. 14. Add Paragraph 9 to Section VI. The Director of Social Services or designee may exercise the following remedial actions should s/he find the Contractor substantially failed to satisfy the scope of work found in this Agreement. Substantial failure to satisfy the scope of work shall be defined to mean incorrect or improper activities or inaction by the Contractor. These remedial actions are as follows: A. Withhold payment to the Contractor until the necessary services or corrections in performance are satisfactorily completed; B. Deny payment or recover reimbursement for those services or deliverables which have not been performed and which due to circumstances caused by the Contractor cannot be performed or if performed would be of no value to the Social Services. Denial of the amount of payment shall be reasonably related to the amount of work or deliverables lost to Social Services; C. Recover from the Contractor any incorrect payment to the Contractor due to omission, error, fraud, and/or defalcation by deducting from subsequent payments under this Agreement or other agreements between Social Services and the Contractor, or by Social Services as a debt to Social Services or otherwise as provided by law. 15. Add Paragraph 10 to Section VI. The contractor shall promptly notify Social Services in the event that the Contractor learns of any actual litigation in which it is a party defendant in a case, which involves services provided under the agreement. The Contractor, within five(5) calendar days after being served with a summons, complaint, or other pleading which has been filed in any federal or state court or administrative agency, shall deliver copies of such document(s)to the Social Services' Director. The term "litigation" includes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, and filings in bankruptcy, reorganizations and/or foreclosure. 3 Weld County SS-23A Addendum IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed the Addendum as of the day, month, and year first above written. ATTEST: /441/4/714 Weld County Clerk to the Board ilk WELD COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES, ON BEHALF l OF THE WELD COUNTY I : DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL ' \F it inN By: jaat By: . / eputy erk to the B d William H. Jerke, Chair JAN 2 8 2008 CONTRACTOR Savio House 325 King Street Denver, �CO�802�1�9,,� By: WELD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES Cfrieto By: ;t6A)0( Di ector 4 Weld County SS-23A Addendum 2(Ot - 030 WELD COUNTY ADDENDUM To that certain Agreement to Purchase Group Home/Group Center Care Services (the "Agreement") between Savio House and Weld County Department of Social Services for the period from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. The following provisions, made this / day of Oe«e4e, 2007, are added to the referenced Agreement. Except as modified hereby, all terms of the Agreement remain unchanged. 1. County agrees to purchase and Contractor agrees to provide the care and services, which are listed in this Agreement at a rate of$106.96, per day for children placed within the Group Home/Group Center identified as Provider ID #1517239. These services will be for children who have been deemed eligible for social services under the statutes, rules and regulations of the State of Colorado. 2. Section I, Paragraph 2. All bed hold authorizations and payments are subject to a 3 day maximum for a child's temporary absence from a facility, including hospitalization. Bed hold requests must have prior written authorization from the Department Administrator before payment will be release to provider. 3. Add Paragraph 6 to Section I. A minimum of one polygraph test per Colorado fiscal year, if needed by the child, will be furnished under this contract for facilities that provide sex offender treatment. 4. Add Paragraph 7 to Section I. Any additional costs for specialized services, which include, but are not limited to; polygraph tests, plethysmographs, and urinalysis screens, which are not provided within the negotiated provider rate, will need to be authorized, in writing by the County, prior to the service being performed. Any payment for specialized services not authorized in writing will be denied. 5. Add Paragraph 8 to Section I. The services purchased under this Agreement for Group Home/Center services may include, but are not limited to: Basic 24-hour care and child maintenance (food, shelter, clothing, educational supplies and allowance), direct child care, transportation, administrative overhead, support overhead, service delivery staff, which may include but are not limited to: Parent training for teens, independent living training, mentor/advocate, and supervised visitation. 6. Add Paragraph 5 to Section II. Contact by the Contractor with the County regarding emergency medical, surgical or dental care will be made in person-to-person communication, not through phone mail messages. During regular work hours, the Contractor will make every effort to notify the assigned caseworker, supervisor, or Intake Screener of any emergency medical, surgical or dental issues prior to granting authorization. During non-regular work hours, weekends and holidays, the Contractor will contact the Emergency Duty Worker at the pager number(970) 304-2749. 7. Section III, Paragraph 5. Contractor additionally agrees to have appropriate personnel available for staffing current placements with the Utilization Review Team. This review team convenes every Monday morning, excluding holidays. 1 Weld County SS-23A Addendum 8. Add Paragraph 13 to Section IV. Agree to cooperate with any vendors hired by Weld County Department of Social Services to shorten the duration of placement. 9. Add Paragraph 14 to Section IV. Agree to schedule physical examinations within 14 days after placement, dental examinations within 60 days after placement and forward all appropriate information to the County. 10. Add Paragraph 15 to Section IV. A full evaluation of an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) for youth designated as a Special Education Student will be conducted every 3 years and reviewed every year. If the IEP is due while the child is in placement, the Contractor will complete or obtain a completed IEP. A copy will then be forwarded to the County. 11. Add Paragraph 16 to Section N. Assure and certify that it and its principals: A. Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, and declared ineligible or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by a federal department or agency. B. Have not, within a three-year period of preceding this Agreement, been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public(federal, state, or local)transaction or contract under a public transaction; violation of federal or state antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen property; C. Are not presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a government entity (federal, state, or local) with commission of any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph (B) above. D. Have not within a three-year period preceding this Agreement, had one or more public transactions (federal, state, and local) terminated for cause or default. 11. Section V, Paragraph 5. Children in Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities, Therapeutic Residential Child Care Facilities, Residential Child Care Facilities and Child Placement Agencies are not eligible to receive clothing allowances as outlined in the Weld County Department of Social Services Policy and Procedure Manual. 12. Add Paragraph 7 to Section VI. It is expressly understood and agreed that the enforcement of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and all rights of action relating to such enforcement, shall be strictly reserved to the undersigned parties or their assignees, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall give or allow any claim or right of action whatsoever by any other person not included in this Agreement. It is the express intention of the undersigned parties that any entity other than the undersigned parties or their assignees receiving services or benefits under this Agreement shall be an incidental beneficiary only. 13. Add Paragraph 8 to Section VI. No portion of this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of any immunity the parties or their officers or employees may posses, nor shall any portion of this Agreement be deemed to have created a duty of care that did not previously exist with respect to any person not a party to this Agreement. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that no part of this Agreement is intended to 2 Weld County SS-23A Addendum circumvent or replace such immunities. • • 14. Add Paragraph 9 to Section VI. The Director of Social Services or designee may exercise the following remedial actions should s/he find the Contractor substantially failed to satisfy the scope of work found in this Agreement. Substantial failure to satisfy the scope of work shall be defined to mean incorrect or improper activities or inaction by the Contractor. These remedial actions are as follows: A. Withhold payment to the Contractor until the necessary services or corrections in performance are satisfactorily completed; B. Deny payment or recover reimbursement for those services or deliverables which have not been performed and which due to circumstances caused by the Contractor cannot be performed or if performed would be of no value to the Social Services. Denial of the amount of payment shall be reasonably related to the amount of work or deliverables lost to Social Services; C. Recover from the Contractor any incorrect payment to the Contractor due to omission, error, fraud, and/or defalcation by deducting from subsequent payments under this Agreement or other agreements between Social Services and the Contractor, or by Social Services as a debt to Social Services or otherwise as provided by law. 15. Add Paragraph 10 to Section VI. The contractor shall promptly notify Social Services in the event that the Contractor learns of any actual litigation in which it is a party defendant in a case, which involves services provided under the agreement. The Contractor, within five (5) calendar days after being served with a summons, complaint, or other pleading which has been filed in any federal or state court or administrative agency, shall deliver copies of such document(s) to the Social Services' Director. The term "litigation" includes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, and filings in bankruptcy, reorganizations and/or foreclosure. 3 Weld County SS-23A Addendum ' IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed the Addendum as of the day, month, and year first above written. ATTEST: LsailL- Weld County Clerk to the4.1 44, WELD COUNTY BOARD OF - , " SOCIAL SERVICES, ON BEHALF AA I V OF THE WELD COUNTY C YtF 4 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES By: art By: "(2 /.7,04-e eput Jerk to the Bo rd William H. Jerke, Chair JAN 2 8 2008 CONTRACTOR Savio House 325 King Street Denver, CO 80219 BY: wi `19 i�-/ C WELD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES By: Direc or 4 Weld County SS-23A Addendum c>410c'--D30 WELD COUNTY ADDENDUM To that certain Agreement to Purchase Group Home/Group Center Care Services (the "Agreement") between Savio House and Weld County Department of Social Services for the period from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. The following provisions, made this / day of Urc, ,,Ltr , 2007, are added to the referenced Agreement. Except as modified hereby, all terms of the Agreement remain unchanged. 1. County agrees to purchase and Contractor agrees to provide the care and services, which are listed in this Agreement at a rate of$81.24, per day for children placed within the Group Home/Group Center identified as Provider ID #1534549. These services will be for children who have been deemed eligible for social services under the statutes, rules and regulations of the State of Colorado. 2. Section I, Paragraph 2. All bed hold authorizations and payments are subject to a 3 day maximum for a child's temporary absence from a facility, including hospitalization. Bed hold requests must have prior written authorization from the Department Administrator before payment will be release to provider. 3. Add Paragraph 6 to Section I. A minimum of one polygraph test per Colorado fiscal year, if needed by the child, will be furnished under this contract for facilities that provide sex offender treatment. 4. Add Paragraph 7 to Section I. Any additional costs for specialized services, which include, but are not limited to; polygraph tests, plethysmographs, and urinalysis screens, which are not provided within the negotiated provider rate, will need to be authorized, in writing by the County, prior to the service being performed. Any payment for specialized services not authorized in writing will be denied. 5. Add Paragraph 8 to Section I. The services purchased under this Agreement for Group Home/Center services may include, but are not limited to: Basic 24-hour care and child maintenance (food, shelter, clothing, educational supplies and allowance), direct child care, transportation, administrative overhead, support overhead, service delivery staff, which may include but are not limited to: Parent training for teens, independent living training, mentor/advocate, and supervised visitation. 6. Add Paragraph 5 to Section II. Contact by the Contractor with the County regarding emergency medical, surgical or dental care will be made in person-to-person communication, not through phone mail messages. During regular work hours, the Contractor will make every effort to notify the assigned caseworker, supervisor, or Intake Screener of any emergency medical, surgical or dental issues prior to granting authorization. During non-regular work hours, weekends and holidays, the Contractor will contact the Emergency Duty Worker at the pager number(970) 304-2749. 7. Section III, Paragraph 5. Contractor additionally agrees to have appropriate personnel available for staffing current placements with the Utilization Review Team. This review team convenes every Monday morning, excluding holidays. Weld County SS-23A Addendum 8. Add Paragraph 13 to Section IV. Agree to cooperate with any vendors hired by Weld County Department of Social Services to shorten the duration of placement. 9. Add Paragraph 14 to Section IV. Agree to schedule physical examinations within 14 days after placement, dental examinations within 60 days after placement and forward all appropriate information to the County. 10. Add Paragraph 15 to Section IV. A full evaluation of an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) for youth designated as a Special Education Student will be conducted every 3 years and reviewed every year. If the IEP is due while the child is in placement, the Contractor will complete or obtain a completed IEP. A copy will then be forwarded to the County. 11. Add Paragraph 16 to Section IV. Assure and certify that it and its principals: A. Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, and declared ineligible or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by a federal department or agency. B. Have not, within a three-year period of preceding this Agreement, been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public(federal, state, or local) transaction or contract under a public transaction; violation of federal or state antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen property; C. Are not presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a government entity (federal, state, or local) with commission of any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph (B) above. D. Have not within a three-year period preceding this Agreement, had one or more public transactions (federal, state, and local) terminated for cause or default. 11. Section V, Paragraph 5. Children in Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities, Therapeutic Residential Child Care Facilities, Residential Child Care Facilities and Child Placement Agencies are not eligible to receive clothing allowances as outlined in the Weld County Department of Social Services Policy and Procedure Manual. 12. Add Paragraph 7 to Section VI. It is expressly understood and agreed that the enforcement of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and all rights of action relating to such enforcement, shall be strictly reserved to the undersigned parties or their assignees, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall give or allow any claim or right of action whatsoever by any other person not included in this Agreement. It is the express intention of the undersigned parties that any entity other than the undersigned parties or their assignees receiving services or benefits under this Agreement shall be an incidental beneficiary only. 13. Add Paragraph 8 to Section VI. No portion of this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of any immunity the parties or their officers or employees may posses, nor shall any portion of this Agreement be deemed to have created a duty of care that did not previously exist with respect to any person not a party to this Agreement. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that no part of this Agreement is intended to 2 Weld County SS-23A Addendum circumvent or replace such immunities. 14. Add Paragraph 9 to Section VI. The Director of Social Services or designee may exercise the following remedial actions should s/he find the Contractor substantially failed to satisfy the scope of work found in this Agreement. Substantial failure to satisfy the scope of work shall be defined to mean incorrect or improper activities or inaction by the Contractor. These remedial actions are as follows: A. Withhold payment to the Contractor until the necessary services or corrections in performance are satisfactorily completed; B. Deny payment or recover reimbursement for those services or deliverables which have not been performed and which due to circumstances caused by the Contractor cannot be performed or if performed would be of no value to the Social Services. Denial of the amount of payment shall be reasonably related to the amount of work or deliverables lost to Social Services; C. Recover from the Contractor any incorrect payment to the Contractor due to omission, error, fraud, and/or defalcation by deducting from subsequent payments under this Agreement or other agreements between Social Services and the Contractor, or by Social Services as a debt to Social Services or otherwise as provided by law. 15. Add Paragraph 10 to Section VI. The contractor shall promptly notify Social Services in the event that the Contractor learns of any actual litigation in which it is a party defendant in a case, which involves services provided under the agreement. The Contractor, within five(5) calendar days after being served with a summons, complaint, or other pleading which has been filed in any federal or state court or administrative agency, shall deliver copies of such document(s) to the Social Services' Director. The term "litigation" includes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, and filings in bankruptcy, reorganizations and/or foreclosure. 3 Weld County SS-23A Addendum r IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed the Addendum as of the day, month, and year first above written. ATTEST: Weld County Clerk to the Board 400 , i)`\ WELD COUNTY BOARD OF ir sr SOCIAL SERVICES, ON BEHALF tsst OF THE WELD COUNTY : i:> �'� DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL &S We 1, SERVICES / h� the By: /a0 By: ."\--t l �G eputy Jerk to the Bo rd William H. Jerke - Chair JAN 2 8 2008 CONTRACTOR Savio House 325 King Street Denver, CO 8021�9� By: Za�/�;Z"_ WELD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES By: Direct 4 Weld County SS-23A Addendum CgODCP— O3D/ Hello