DATE: June 21, 2022
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Susan L. Holt, Director of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Forensic Continuum of Care for Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorder/Mental Health Outpatient, Full Service Partnership and Assertive Community Treatment Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an Agreement with Turning Point of Central California, Inc. for specialty mental health and substance use disorder outpatient, full service partnership and assertive community treatment services, effective July 1, 2022, not to exceed five consecutive years, which includes a three-year base contract and two optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $26,682,895.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will allow the Department of Behavioral Health to provide specialty mental health and substance use disorder outpatient treatment (OP), Full Service Partnership (FSP) and Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) services through Turning Point of Central California, Inc. (Turning Point). This continuum of treatment care targets justice-involved populations, specifically adult prison transfers and persons on pre-trial probation per California Assembly Bill (AB) 109: 2011 Public Safety Realignment (Chapter 15, Statutes of 2011); persons on mental health diversion through AB 1810: Mental Health Diversion (Chapter 34, Statutes of 2018, and those who have been found misdemeanor incompetent to stand trial (MIST) under Senate Bill (SB) 317 (Chapter 599, Statutes of 2021. The services are funded with 2011 Public Safety Realignment, Mental Health Services Act - Community Services and Support (MHSA-CSS), Drug Medi-Cal and Short-Doyle/Medi-Cal Federal Financial Participation (FFP) monies, with no increase in Net County Cost. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There is no viable alternative action. If your Board does not approve the recommended action, current treatment services for the AB 109 and AB 1810 popul...
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