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Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute Amendment No. 2 to Memorandum of Understanding A-15567 between Monterey County Health Department, Behavioral Health Bureau (MCBHB) and Monterey County Special Education Local Plan Area to increase the MOU amount by $1,218,209 for a revised total MOU amount not to exceed $5,950,371 for the same term July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
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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. 2 to Memorandum of Understanding A-15567 between Monterey County Health Department, Behavioral Health Bureau (MCBHB) and Monterey County Special Education Local Plan Area to increase the MOU amount by $1,218,209 for a revised total MOU amount not to exceed $5,950,371 for the same term July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Monterey County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) has a long-standing partnership with Monterey County Behavioral Health Bureau (MCBHB) for the provision of mental health services, Home Alterative Residential Treatment, Residential Treatment, and Residential Monitoring pursuant to students' Individualized Education Plan (IEP). This Amendment No. 2 increases the Residential Treatment amount to meet the anticipated level of care needs of current youth in residential placement, and youth identified in need of residential treatment and are pending placement.
This work supports the following Monterey County Health Department 2018-2022 Strategic Plan Initiative: 3. 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 provisions of health care when otherwise unavailable.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The office of the County Counsel and Aud...
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