DATE: June 4, 2019
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Amendment II to Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Agreement No. 17-94127
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the County Behavioral Health Director/Alcohol and Other Drug Program Administrator to execute Amendment A02 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 $302,500 to a total of $14,320,536.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will enable the County to receive an additional allocation of Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant (SABG) discretionary funds for the specific use of providing training and technical assistance to the County's network of contracted substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers, 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, 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):
There is no viable alternative action. If the recommended action is not approved, the County would not receive the additional funds to provide training and technical assistance to contracted SUD treatment providers.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The recommended Amendment will provide an additional $302,500 in revenue for a total maximum compensation of $14,320,536 to the County over fiscal years 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20 to administer SUD t...
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