Title
Authorize the Monterey County Health Director to modify and execute Behavioral Health Bureau provider agreements retroactive to March 1, 2020, as necessary, to provide immediate financial support for continuity of operations as a result of COVID-19 related disruptions, where term of existing agreements and total agreement amounts remain unchanged.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Authorize the Monterey County Health Director to modify and execute Behavioral Health Bureau provider agreements retroactive to March 1, 2020, as necessary, to provide immediate financial support for continuity of operations as a result of COVID-19 related disruptions, where term of existing agreements and total agreement amounts remain unchanged.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Valued providers deliver essential services to Monterey County on behalf of the Monterey County Health Department. Due to the public health emergency related to COVID-19, this provider network has experienced, and will continue to experience, significant service disruptions, decreased service delivery levels, client cancellations, school closures, and mounting fiscal pressures.
This action is intended to provide immediate financial support for providers that continue to deliver our highest priority services. These services include, but are not limited to, direct face-to-face client services (and acceptable alternatives) delivered in the field, home, or clinic settings. Services to high need individuals and families, particularly through intensive care programs, are key to the wellbeing of the vulnerable populations we serve and much of which cannot be met solely through telehealth-based interventions.
Twenty-five agreements have been initially identified as potential candidates for modification. Their combined total FY 2019-20 annual amount is $43,305,686. Not to exceed amounts may not be modified by this action.
Agreement modification is offered as an option to provide...
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