DATE: June 10, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Susan L. Holt, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
Sanja Bugay, Director, Department of Social Services
SUBJECT: Retroactive Amendment No. 1 with Lucyrx Health Solutions, Inc. for Medication Payments for Indigent Individuals
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute retroactive Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. A-21-260 to account for the company's name changing from Integrated Prescription Management Incorporated to Lucyrx Health Solutions, Inc. effective September 23, 2024, and to increase the maximum compensation of the agreement to account for an increased need for high-cost medications to treat indigent individuals effective March 1, 2025, with no change to the term of July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2026, increasing the maximum by $95,000 to a total of $395,000.
REPORT
DBH has experienced an upward trend of usage in the current fiscal year with significant costs incurred between December 2024 and March 2025. As of March 2025, the contract budget has been fully expended due to the recent increased need for high-cost medications to treat persons served. Approval of the recommended action will allow medically indigent individuals receiving mental health treatment through the County's Departments of Behavioral Health and Social Services to have continued access to necessary mental health-related medications. Approval will also account for the company's name changing from Integrated Prescription Management Incorporated to Lucyrx Health Solutions, Inc. The agreement is funded with a combination of Mental Health Services Act funds and 2011 Child Welfare Realignment, with no increase in Net County Cost. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If the recommended action is not approved, uninsured individuals served by the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) and the Department of Social Services (DSS) will not receive medications as needed for the rest of...
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