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: Performance Agreement with the State Department of Health Care Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the Chief of San Mateo County Health to execute the performance agreement with the State Department of Health Care Services, for substance abuse prevention and treatment services and mental health services, for the term of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024.
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BACKGROUND:
In previous years, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) administered the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant (SABG) funding through three-year contracts with each county in the State. Because county allocation amounts are based on the fluctuating SABG award amounts issued annually by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, annual adjustments to county allocations required a new SABG contract amendment in each year of the three-year cycle. Additional amendments were required for any shift or modification of funding to cover unique circumstances. In some cases, counties and DHCS had to draft and execute multiple contract amendments per year in order to maintain the grant funding stream and cover expenses. This process is cumbersome and often results in lengthy funding delays.
The County Performance Contract (CPC) is required per Welfare and Institutions Code sections 5650, subd. (a), 5651, 5897, and California Code of Regulations Title 9, section 3310 to set forth conditions and requirements that counties must meet in order to receive funding for the Mental Health Services Act and Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, in addition to the following federal behavioral health grants: Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (MHBG); Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness ...
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