To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Behavioral Health
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: 4/5th
SUBJECT:title
Fiscal Year 2024-25 Supplemental Budget in the Amount of $1,100,000 for Department of Health and Human Services - Behavioral Health Budget Unit 1180-425 (4/5 Vote Required)end
RECOMMENDATION(S):Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the attached fiscal year 2024-25 supplemental budget in the amount of $1,100,000 for Department of Health and Human Services - Behavioral Health Budget Unit 1180-425 (4/5 Vote Required); and
2. Direct the Clerk of the Board to provide the Department of Health and Human Services - Contract Unit with one (1) fully executed certified copy of the Board order related to this item.
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STRATEGIC PLAN:
The recommended actions support the following areas of the Board of Supervisors' Strategic Plan:
Area of Focus: Safe & Healthy Communities
Strategic Plan Category: 1002- Remove barriers to quality healthcare
DISCUSSION:
In August 2015, the Center for Medicaid Services allowed California to implement a demonstration project to dramatically expand, improve and reorganize its system for treating people with substance use disorder. This demonstration project became the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System ("DMC-ODS"). The DMC-ODS was implemented in Humboldt County in 2020. The County of Humboldt and six (6) other counties have worked with Partnership HealthPlan of California to develop a Regional Model.
Under the Regional Model, participating counties delegate to Partnership HealthPlan of California full administration of the DMC-ODS program, subject to various state and federal approvals. In the general financial structure of the Regional Model, each participating county will pay Partnership HealthPlan of California a single, monthly per utilizer rate in exchange for Partnership HealthPlan of California administering the mandated DMC-ODS services. Participating counties receive Federal D...
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