DATE: May 25, 2021
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Amendments to Master Agreements for Substance Use Disorder Residential Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Amendment II to Master Agreement No. 18-692 with Non-Drug Medi-Cal Residential Treatment Service vendors to reallocate funds and update insurance language, effective upon execution with no change in term of January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2022 and decreasing the maximum by $1,500,000 to a total of $13,012,096; and,
2. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Amendment I to Master Agreement No. 18-693 with Non-Drug Medi-Cal Residential Room and Board vendors, to increase substance use disorder treatment services and update insurance language, effective upon execution with no change in term of January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2022 and increasing the maximum amount by $1,500,000 to a total of $14,007,418.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions will reallocate FY 2021-22 funds from the Master Agreement for Non-Drug Medi-Cal Residential to the Master Agreement for Non-Drug Medi-Cal Residential Room and Board to cover program costs not reimbursed by other funding sources. Services are funded with Substance Abuse Block Grant (SABG) and Realignment, with no increase to Net County Cost. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If the recommended actions are not approved, the Department of Behavioral Health would not be able to fund the room and board costs associated with residential and withdrawal management substance abuse disorder treatment services.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. The recommended actions will reallocate $1,500,000 from the Residential Treatment Service to the Residential Room and Board master agreement. The agreements for Non-Drug Medi-Cal Residential Treatment Service ($13,012,096) and Non-...
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