To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Behavioral Health
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Mental Health Organizational Provider Services Agreement with Crestwood Behavioral Health Inc. - Pathways Regarding the Provision of Adult Residential Treatment Services to Eligible Medi-Cal Beneficiaries Residing in Humboldt Countyend
RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute, the attached mental health organizational provider services agreement with Crestwood Behavioral Health Inc. - Pathways regarding the provision of adult residential treatment services to eligible Medi-Cal beneficiaries residing in Humboldt County for the period of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023;
2. Authorize the Department of Health and Human Services - Behavioral Health Director, or a designee thereof, to execute any and all subsequent amendments to the attached mental health organizational provider services agreement with Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc. - Pathways after review and approval by County Counsel, Risk Management and the County Administrative Office; and
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return one fully executed original copy of the attached mental health organizational provider services agreement with Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc. - Pathways to the Department of Health and Human Services - Contract Unit for further processing.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Behavioral Health Fund
DISCUSSION:
The Board of Supervisors has authorized the Department of Health and Human Services - Behavioral Health (DHHS - Behavioral Health) to operate the County of Humboldt's Mental Health Plan. The provision of specialty mental health treatment services to all Medi-Cal beneficiaries residing in Humboldt County that meet necessary criteria is, and will remain, the responsibility of DHHS - Behavioral Health. Therefore, since April 1998, DHHS - Behavioral Health has contracted with qualified speci...
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