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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 Door to Hope to increase Drug Medi-Cal rates for FY 2020-21 and maintains the current Agreement amount of $6,313,270 for the term July 1, 2018- June 30, 2021.
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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 Door to Hope to increase Drug Medi-Cal rates for FY 2020-21 and maintains the current Agreement amount of $6,313,270 for the term July 1, 2018- June 30, 2021.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The County currently has Agreement A-14019 for a current contracted dollar amount of $6,313,270 with Door to Hope. As part of the Monterey County Health Department, Behavioral Health Bureau's Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) Waiver Implementation Plan, Door to Hope provides substance use disorder residential and outpatient treatment services. This Amendment No. 6 increases the rates for Drug Medi-Cal services for FY 2020-21.
This Agreement contains the County's standard 30-day "no cause" and termination for "cause" provisions (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 services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The Office of County Counsel-Risk Management and Auditor-Controller have reviewed and approv...
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