To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Behavioral Health
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: 4/5th
SUBJECT:
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Behavioral Health Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Substance Use Disorder Supplemental Budget (Requires 4/5 Vote)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the attached supplemental budget in the amount of $1,833,324 for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, Department of health and Human Services - Behavioral Health Fund 1180, Substance Use Disorder Budget Unit 425 (Requires 4/5 Vote).
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STRATEGIC PLAN:
This action supports the following areas of your Board's Strategic Plan.
Area of Focus: Safe & Healthy Communities
Strategic Plan Category: 1002- Remove barriers to quality healthcare
DISCUSSION:
The Substance Use Disorder (SUD) division is committed to providing recovery-oriented services so program participants can develop the skills needed to live free from the harmful use of substances. Services include assessment, referral, treatment, case management and care coordination for adolescents and adults with SUD treatment needs in Humboldt County.
In August 2015, the Center for Medicaid Services approved a waiver of certain requirements set forth in Section 1115 of the United States Social Security Act which allowed the State of California to implement the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) Pilot Program in order to
expand, improve and reorganize its processes for treating people with substance use disorders.
Participation in the DMC-ODS Pilot Program requires that counties provide access to a full continuum of substance use disorder treatment services modeled after the American Society of Addiction Medicine criteria.
In November 2017, Partnership HealthPlan of California (PHC), the County of Humboldt and seven
other northern California counties submitted a DMC-ODS Pilot Program Implementation Plan, now known as the Wellness and Recovery Program Regional Model, regarding the identification and...
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