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Approve and authorize the Director of Health to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and attached Interagency Agreement (IA) with the Monterey County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) for reimbursement to the County for the provision of Educational Related Mental Health Services (ERMHS) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2012-13.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and authorize the Director of Health to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
and attached Interagency Agreement (IA) with the Monterey County Special Education Local
Plan Area (SELPA) for reimbursement to the County for the provision of Educational Related
Mental Health Services (ERMHS) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2012-13.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
In FY 2012-13, the Monterey County Office of Education (MCOE) SELPA will subcontract with Monterey County Behavioral Health to provide outpatient mental health services to students. The legal obligation of providing mental health services to special education students was transferred from Monterey County to the SELPA who has requested that Monterey County Behavioral Health (MCBH) be the provider of said services. Monterey County Behavioral Health Bureau staff has been providing services to special education students throughout the fiscal year and will continue to do so through next FY 2013-14.
This year's SELPA MOU took almost an entire school year to negotiate given the changes in state law transferring the legal obligation to provide mental health services to special education students under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) from the counties to the school districts.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
Behavioral Health staff has been working closely with County Counsel in developing the MOU and IA. County Counsel, Risk Management, and the Auditor-Controller have reviewed this Agreement as to legal form, legality, indemnity, insurance requirements, and fiscal provisions respecti...
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