DATE: May 7, 2019
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Amendment I to Agreement 17-265 with Turning Point of Central California, Inc.
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Amendment I to Agreement No. 17-265 with Turning Point of Central California, Inc. to provide specialty mental health services and substance use disorder outpatient treatment services, effective upon execution with no change in term to June 30, 2022 and decreasing the maximum by $1,191,108 to a total of $12,433,797.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will allow for the hiring of additional staff to meet Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC ODS) service requirements and remove Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant Funds from this agreement, which will be allocated by the Department to other DMC ODS service modalities. The services are funded with Short/Doyle Medi-Cal Federal Financial Participation (FFP), Drug Medi-Cal, 2011 Public Safety Realignment, and Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Community Service & Supports (CSS) funds with no increase in Net County Cost.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If the recommended action is not approved, Turning Point of Central California, Inc. will not be able to hire additional staff to provided new services available under the DMC ODS. Additionally, the Department will not be able to reallocate funds to other necessary DMC ODS service modalities.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The maximum amount of the amendment ($12,433,797) will be fully offset by Short/Doyle Medi-Cal FFP, Drug Medi-Cal, 2011 Public Safety Realignment, and MHSA CSS funds as approved in the MHSA FY 2017-18 Annual Update for the AB109 - Outpatient Mental Health & Substance Services program. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are included in the Department's Org 5630 FY 201...
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