Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise Rogers, Chief, Health System
David Young, Director, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Subject: Amendment to the Agreement with Our Common Ground, Inc. for Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an amendment to the agreement with Our Common Ground, Inc. for a cost reconciliation, start-up funds, and additional substance use disorder outpatient and residential treatment services under the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System, increasing the amount by $452,252 to an amount not to exceed $5,874,469, with no change to the term of the agreement.
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BACKGROUND:
On August 13, 2015, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) announced the approval of its waiver application to the US Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS). The federal waiver allows any California county to "opt in" to provide a full continuum of services currently unavailable to Medi-Cal clients. Additionally, the waiver will allow for Federal Financial Participation to offset treatment related costs. San Mateo County - specifically, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) - was the first California county to be approved for the waiver.
On June 7, 2016, your Board approved an agreement with Our Common Ground, Inc. (OCG) for substance use disorder residential treatment services, for the term July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, in an amount not to exceed $2,906,592.
On September 15, 2016, the Chief of the Health System approved an amendment to the agreement to include bridge funding through September 30, 2016, with no change to the maximum amount or term of the agreement.
On October 14, 2016, the Chief of the Health System approved an amendment to the agreement to extend bridge funding through December 31, 2016, ...
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