DATE: February 26, 2019
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Amendment I to Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Agreement
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the County Behavioral Health Director/Alcohol and Other Drug Program Administrator to execute Amendment A01 to Agreement No. 17-94127 with the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), including required certifications, for the provision of substance use disorder services to County residents, effective upon execution by DHCS, with no change in term to June 30, 2020 and increasing the maximum by $85,937 to a total of $14,018,036.
REPORT
The reason for the amendment is to modify the terms and conditions as outlined in the original contract and to increase discretionary funding by $85,937 in fiscal year (FY) 2018-19. This increase in discretionary funding is due to an annual adjustment performed by DHCS to redistribute the revised Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Substance Abuse Prevention Treatment Block Grant (SABG) to the counties determined using a formulary adjustment based on each county's demographics and several other factors. Approval of the recommended action will enable the Department of Behavioral Health to continue receiving Federal SABG funds that are dispersed through the DHCS as Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) funds to finance County substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and primary prevention programs, with no increase in Net County Cost. County Behavioral Health Director/Alcohol and Other Drug Program Administrator signature authority is requested to remain consistent with Agreement No. 17-94127 that was approved by the Board of Supervisors on January 9, 2018 and to expedite the signing of documents issued by DHCS related to this agreement that do not result in additional County costs. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
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