DATE: October 24, 2023
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Susan Holt, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Retroactive Amendment I to Central Star Behavioral Health, Inc. Agreement 23-278 for Transition Age Youth Mental Health Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Amendment I to Agreement No. 23-278 with Central Star Behavioral Health, Inc. to update rates for the Transitional Age Youth (TAY) Full Service Partnership (FSP) program, effective July 1, 2023 with no change to the term of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025, or maximum compensation of $6,896,782.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will allow the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) to update the rate sheet for Central Star Behavioral Health, Inc. (Central Star) under the new payment reform requirements in accordance with California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM). This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should the Board not approve the recommended action, DBH would not be able to reimburse Central Star at the appropriate rates for their contracted type of program and would result in underpayment to the provider for actual services provided.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
The rates approved in agreement No. 23-278 (Exhibit G1) are incorrect for the TAY FSP program due to an unrecognized error at the time of approval. DBH is seeking to correct the error by making the adjustment to the corrected rates (Revised Exhibit G1a) retroactively to July 1, 2023.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The maximum compensation for FY 2023-24 will remain at $3,573,391. The maximum compensation for the entire contract term remains at $6,896,782. The agreement is funded with Medi-Cal Federal Financial Participation, Mental Health Realignment, and Mental Health Services Act (Community Services and Supports) funds. Sufficient appropriations and estimated reve...
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