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Introduce, waive the reading, and set September 14, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. as the date and time to adopt an ordinance adding Chapter 2.46 to the Monterey County Code to establish the Santa Cruz-Monterey-Merced-San Benito-Mariposa Managed Medical Care Commission and repealing Chapter 2.45 of the Monterey County Code to terminate the Santa Cruz-Monterey-Merced Managed Medical Care Commission.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Introduce, waive the reading, and set September 14, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. as the date and time to adopt an ordinance adding Chapter 2.46 to the Monterey County Code to establish the Santa Cruz-Monterey-Merced-San Benito-Mariposa Managed Medical Care Commission and repealing Chapter 2.45 of the Monterey County Code to terminate the Santa Cruz-Monterey-Merced Managed Medical Care Commission.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Santa Cruz-Monterey-Merced Managed Medical Care Commission dba Central Coast Alliance for Health ("the Alliance") is a health plan developed to improve access to health care for lower income residents in the counties of Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Merced who often lacked a primary care "medical home" and so relied on emergency rooms for basic services. The Alliance has pursued this mission by linking members to primary care physicians (PCPs) and clinics that deliver timely services and preventive care and arrange referrals to specialty care.
Under the proposed Ordinance, the Alliance seeks to add additional County members to the Alliance: San Benito County and Mariposa County, and to expand the number of voting commission members. Currently, the Alliance has 21 voting commission members, seven (7) from each of the three (3) counties. the new Alliance will have 25 voting commission members. The number of commission members from a given County shall be based upon the number of Medi-Cal beneficiaries within each County. Under this new formula, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors shall appoint...
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