DATE: December 10, 2019
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: David Pomaville, Director, Department of Public Health
SUBJECT: Execute Retroactive Revised Agreement No. 19-524, FY 2019-20 Medi-Cal County Inmate Program
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute retroactive revised Agreement No. 19-524 with the California Department of Health Care Services for the FY 2019-20 Medi-Cal County Inmate Program, effective July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020 ($2,306,967).
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action would authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive revised agreement with the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) for the FY 2019-20 Medi-Cal County Inmate Program (MCIP). Agreement 19-524 was previously executed by the County on October 8, 2019 and had the incorrect State agreement number. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There is no alternative action.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The maximum compensation is $2,306,967 ($126 more than the FY 2018-19 maximum). DHCS will charge the County an annual administrative fee of $6,967, which is based on a methodology specified in the proposed agreement. DHCS will charge the County for the Non-Federal Share of the Medi-Cal fee-for-service reimbursed to medical providers not to exceed $2,300,000. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are included in the Department of Public Health's Org 5620 FY 2019-20 Adopted Budget.
DISCUSSION:
On October 8, 2019, your Board approved and authorized Agreement No. 19-524 with DHCS in the amount of $2,306,967, which allows the County to participate in MCIP. However, DHCS had initially sent an MCIP Agreement with a State agreement number that had already been issued to another county (DHCS Agreement #19-96152). The error was not discovered until the State received Fresno County's October 2019 executed signature pages for their exec...
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