Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Marc Meulman, Director, Public Health, Policy and Planning
Subject: Amendment to the Memorandum of Agreement with the San Mateo County Health Commission Regarding the Whole Person Care Pilot Program and Measure K Funds
RECOMMENDATION:
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Measure K: Adopt a resolution authorizing a fifth amendment to the memorandum of agreement between the County of San Mateo and the San Mateo County Health Commission regarding the Housing Program implemented as part of the Whole Person Care Pilot, increasing the amount payable by $6,000,000 to an amount not to exceed $36,333,453 and extending the agreement term by three years to June 30, 2025.
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BACKGROUND:
Whole Person Care (WPC) was a pilot program funded under the five-year renewal of California's Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver (Medi-Cal 2020). San Mateo County Health (SMCH) implemented the WPC pilot to provide a coordinated, efficient, and effective delivery of medical, behavioral health, and social services to the County's highest-risk and vulnerable populations. Through an agreement with the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), SMCH received up to $16,536,771 in new revenue annually, with funds rolling over from year to year, as needed, for WPC services for the period January 1, 2017 through December 2020.
As part of the Whole Person Care Pilot your Board approved the allocation of Measure K funds - $1,000,000 in FY 2016-17 and $2,000,000 per fiscal year thereafter for WPC client housing services for the term of the pilot. Housing services would not have been funded otherwise through the DHCS agreement. On June 6, 2017, this Board approved Resolution 075225, as amended by Resolution 077133, approving a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the County of San Mateo and the Health Plan of San Mateo (HPSM) to enhance the Commun...
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