To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Behavioral Health
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: 4/5th
SUBJECT:
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Fiscal Year 2024-25 Supplemental Budget for Department of Health and Human Services - Behavioral Health Budget Units 1170-424 and 1170-496 in the Amount of $7,781,774 (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the attached Fiscal Year 2024-25 supplemental budget in the amount of $7,781,774 for Department of Health and Human Services - Behavioral Health budget units 1170-424 and 1170-496 (4/5 Vote Required); and
2. Direct the Clerk of the Board to provide the Department of Health and Human Services - Behavioral Health 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:
On June 22, 2023, the California Department of Health Care Services ("DHCS") issued Behavioral Health Information Notice No. 23-026 for the purpose of notifying Mental Health Plans, Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System counties and Drug Medi-Cal counties of changes to DHCS policies and procedures related to behavioral health intergovernmental transfers. Specifically, the Information Notice discussed DHCS' responsibilities for implementing behavioral health payment reform related to the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal ("CalAIM") initiative. In accordance with CalAIM, DHCS designed, and has implemented, intergovernmental transfer-based payment methodology, which became effective on July 1, 2023. DHCS has made available two (2) methods for transferring funds, including: routine manual transfers made using a check or Electronic Funds Transfer; or withholding a fixed percentage of funding allocated to the Humboldt County Depart...
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