Pays a psychiatrist up to $49,900 for weekly medication evaluations for special education students
A Berkeley psychiatrist will provide psychiatric medication evaluations, management and follow-up one half day a week for students with Individual Education Plans who have a mental health diagnosis and might not otherwise have access to this care. The agreement runs August 8, 2022 through June 30, 2023. The cost is capped at $49,900.
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- Vendor / partner
- Individual contractor
- Action
- New agreement
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- Sub-category
- Services & contract staff
- Term
- Aug 8, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023
- This vote
- $49,900
- Funding
- Special Education
- Resource / site
6500-975- Presented by
- Chief Academic Officer
- File
22-1353· agendaV.-67- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Jun 8, 2022
Official text
Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2022-2023 between the District and William MacMorran, M.D., Berkeley, CA, for the latter to provide psychiatric medication evaluations, management, and maintenance connection to students with Individual Education Plans who have been identified with a mental health diagnosis for which psychiatric medications may be warranted and would not otherwise have access to without this support once a week on a half day schedule, via the Special Education Department, for the period of August 8, 2022 through June 30, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $49,900.00.
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report