DATE: June 6, 2023
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Susan L. Holt, LMFT, Director of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Retroactive Amendment I to California Mental Health Services Authority Participation Agreement
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute retroactive Amendment I to Participation Agreement with California Mental Health Services Authority to allow the Department to include Subject Matter Expert services including Interoperability services, effective February 23, 2023 with no change to the term of August 9, 2022 through June 30, 2024, or compensation maximum of $200,590.
2. Approve and authorize the Department of Behavioral Health Director, or designee, to be the signatory and act as the Fresno County representative on behalf of the Board of Supervisors on associated California Mental Health Services Authority related forms, and approve services as needed via a work order, without modifying the maximum compensation.
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The Department of Behavioral Health is responsible for meeting select milestones required to complete the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) Behavioral Health Quality Improvement Program (BHQIP) deliverable in areas including payment reform policy changes and data exchange. Approval of the recommended actions will reallocate FY 2022-23 funds to allow Optional Subject Matter Expert (SME) services and authorize the Director to execute related forms as needed. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There is no viable alternative action. If your Board does not approve the recommended action, the Department would be out of compliance with DHCS milestone requirements.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
The recommended amendment is retroactive to February 23, 2023 to reallocate funds from Clinical services to Interoperability services without changing the overall agreement compensation. This will ...
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