To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Mental Health
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Resolution Authorizing the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services to Participate in the California Department of Health Care Services' Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Pilot Program
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt the attached resolution which authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services - Behavioral Health Director, or a designee thereof, to execute State Standard Agreement No. 20-10176 with the California Department of Health Care Services, and any amendments thereto, along with any and all other certifications, agreements and documents required or deemed necessary for the Department of Health and Human Services to participate in the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Pilot Program; and
2. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return a fully executed certified copy of the attached resolution to the Department of Health and Human Services - Contract Unit for submission to the California Department of Health Care Services.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Substance Use Disorder Fund
DISCUSSION:
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. As of August 2019, there were 30 counties providing substance use disorder treatment services under the DMC-ODS Pilot Program.
In November 2017, Partnership HealthPlan of California (PHC), the County of H...
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