County of Monterey - File #: A 21-250

• File #: A 21-250
• Name: CHS SUD Amendment No 6
• Type: BoS Agreement
• Status: Passed - Health Department
• File created: 5/24/2021
• In control: Board of Supervisors
• On agenda: 6/15/2021
• Final action: 6/15/2021
• Title: Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute Amendment No. 6 to Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services Agreement with Community Human Services to shift funding within service line items, increase Drug Medi-Cal rates for FY 2020-21 and maintain the current Agreement amount of $14,135,440 for the full-term July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2021.

Date	Action By	Action	Result
6/15/2021	Board of Supervisors	approved - health department	Pass

Title
Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute Amendment No. 6 to Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services Agreement with Community Human Services to shift funding within service line items, increase Drug Medi-Cal rates for FY 2020-21 and maintain the current Agreement amount of $14,135,440 for the full-term July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2021.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute Amendment No. 6 to Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services Agreement with Community Human Services to shift funding within service line items, increase Drug Medi-Cal rates for FY 2020-21 and maintain the current Agreement amount of $14,135,440 for the full-term July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2021.

SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The County currently has Agreement A-14018 for a current contracted dollar amount of $14,135,440 with Community Human Services. Community Human Services (CHS) provides residential and non-residential alcohol and drug recovery services for Medi-Cal, Non-Medi-Cal, Drug Treatment Court and CalWORKS eligible Monterey County residents. This Amendment increases rates for FY 2020-21 and moves funding between service line items to ensure that there are sufficient services for methadone services available to eligible clients in need of these services.

This Agreement contains the County's standard 30-day "no cause" provision (Section 5) and a defunding provision (Section 6), which provides the County the ability to amend or terminate the Agreement in the event of a reduction and/or termination of funding.

This supports the Monterey County Health Department 2018-2022 Strategic Plan Initiative: 1. Ensure access to culturally and linguistically appropriate, customer-friendly, quality health services. It also supports one of the ten essential public health services, specifically: 7. Link people to needed personal health serv...