Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Scott Gilman, Director, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Subject: Amendment to the Agreement with El Centro de Libertad for Substance Use Disorder Outpatient Treatment Services and Mindfulness-Based Substance Abuse Treatment
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an amendment to the agreement with El Centro de Libertad for substance use disorder outpatient treatment services and extending the term of mindfulness-based substance abuse treatment services through June 30, 2020, increasing the amount of the agreement by $90,409 to an amount not to exceed $1,235,316.
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BACKGROUND:
On June 4, 2019, your Board approved an agreement with El Centro de Libertad (El Centro) to provide substance use disorder treatment services, for the term July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2021, and mindfulness-based substance abuse treatment services, for the term July 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019, for a maximum obligation of $1,144,907.
On September 24, 2019, your Board approved the FY 2019-20 Adopted Budget. Previously, on June 25, 2019, your Board received the FY 2020-21 Preliminary Recommended Budget. These budgets included a 4% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for Behavioral Health and Recovery Services community-based organizations that provide mental health services and substance abuse disorder services.
DISCUSSION:
Through the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) waiver, El Centro provides substance use disorder outpatient group and individual treatment to adolescent and adult County residents. These services focus on an individualized outpatient treatment program that includes family group therapy, alcohol and drug testing, relapse prevention, adolescent treatment, and anger management.
It is now necessary to amend this agreement to add the COLA to FY 2019-20 and F...
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