Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Colleen Chawla, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Jei Africa, Director Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Subject: Agreement with StarVista, for Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with StarVista for substance use disorder treatment and sober living environment services for the term of June 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027 in an amount not to exceed $1,042,958.
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BACKGROUND:
For over 20 years, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) has contracted with StarVista for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services. StarVista Insights provides outpatient treatment service to youth ages 12 to 18 in San Mateo County.
BHRS launched the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) in February 2017, greatly expanding the continuum of care and increasing levels of care targeting substance use disorders. BHRS is now part of CalAIM, a multi-year initiative by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to improve the quality of life and health outcomes of our population by implementing a broad delivery system and program and payment reform across the Medi-Cal program. The behavioral health components of CalAIM are designed to support whole-person, integrated care; move the administration of Medi-Cal behavioral health to a more consistent and seamless system by reducing complexity and increasing flexibility; and improve quality outcomes, reduce health disparities, and drive delivery system transformation and innovation through improvements to behavioral health policies and the launch of behavioral health payment reform.
DISCUSSION:
StarVista Insights provides outpatient treatment service to youth ages 12 to 18 in San Mateo County. Youth substance use treatment penetration rates in San Mateo County are about half of the statewide average (0.13% Sa...
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