The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors finalized two of four contracts this week for mental health care providers that will operate smaller, more specialized facilities, which will allow the county to obtain federal reimbursements through the state for those services.
The county is replacing the 117-bed Cordilleras Mental Health Center near Redwood City with four smaller facilities that will treat different types of mental and behavioral issues in more focused settings. That will allow providers to be reimbursed by federal funding, through California’s Medi-Cal program, which only pays for mental health or substance abuse treatment in facilities with fewer than 17 beds.
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