Inpatient Psychiatric Care
THE HARRIS CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH and IDD(formerly known as Mental Health Mental Retardation of Harris County) will be accepting responses to a Request for Application(RFA) for the following service:
The HARRIS CENTER for Mental Health and IDD (The HARRIS CENTER), through its Jail Diversion Center (Diversion Center) is offering to contract with a pool of private/public inpatient psychiatric facilities to provide inpatient psychiatric care (i.e psychiatric assessment and diagnostic services, physician services, professional nursing services, and monitoring for safety in a restrictive environment) to clients of the Diversion Center Program with a mental illness, serious mental illness (SMI) and/or substance use disorder. The goal is to stabilize clients/patients so they may safely return to community treatment services. Program services will begin effective September 4th, 2018.
Overview Of the Program
The Jail Diversion Center (Diversion Center) is a pre arrest alternative to incarceration for individuals with mental illness who have committed non–violent, low level offenses, with INITIAL focus on trespassers. Care Coordinators as well as licensed clinicians will provide assessments, integrated care plans and treatment to assist in an individual’s stabilization. Clients will engage in psychosocial programming, peer support and daily activities. Care Coordinators or licensed clinicians will provide extensive discharge planning to coordinate access to housing, social services and treatment post discharge, utilizing case managers and peer support. The program includes a short term transitional/temporary housing aspect where clients will reside 24/7 for up to 14 days.
Vendor’s Role:
In addition to the care coordination services described above, if a client is assessed by the HARRIS CENTER staff to require more significant stabilization than what is being offered through our service provision then the client will need to be admitted for a more intensive level of care/appropriate treatment setting. We are seeking a pool of Vendors to provide inpatient mental health treatment, including medical services, nursing services, and social services as well as therapeutic activities, and psychological services ordered by the treating physician. Please refer to the Vendor Criteria and Requirement lists noted below:
Supporting Materials:
The HARRIS CENTER reserves all rights to reject any and/or all responses, to waive formalities and reasonable irregularities in submitted documents as it deems to be in its best interests, and is not obligated to accept the lowest response.
