HomeMy WebLinkAboutUpdated Staff Report - Comprehensive Healthcare 2026-2027
KITTITAS COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA STAFF REPORT
AGENDA DATE: May 5, 2026
ACTION REQUESTED: Request to approve a Professional Services Agreement
between Kittitas County and Comprehensive Healthcare.
BACKGROUND: The proposed Professional Services Agreement is between
Kittitas County and Comprehensive Healthcare is to
provide mental health and substance use treatment for
Kittitas County District Courts Behavioral Health Court
(BHC) participants, improve access to needed mental
health services, address financial needs associated with
service hours that Comprehensive is unable to bill under
traditional treatment models, and support participants’
ability to obtain necessary care from qualified mental
health providers.
INTERACTION: This is a new Agreement for Services for the Kittitas
County District Court Behavioral Health Court.
Comprehensive has been providing unfunded services to
the county since February 2022. Therese Murphy, Deputy
Prosecutor, has reviewed and approved the proposed
agreement (11925).
RECOMMENDATION: Approve the Professional Services Agreement between
Kittitas County and Comprehensive Healthcare, in the
amount of $25,000 per year for 2026 and $25,000 per year
for 2027. The proposed Agreement is from January 1,
2026, through December 31, 2027.
HANDLING: 1 - Clerk of the Board
2 originals to Comprehensive Healthcare for signature.
Comprehensive to return 1 fully executed original to Clerk
of the Board.
1 copy upon receipt – Prosecutor’s Office
ATTACHMENTS: Professional Services Agreement between Kittitas County
and Comprehensive Healthcare.
LEAD STAFF: Emily Brown, Treatment Court Coordinator