To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Behavioral Health
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: 4/5th
SUBJECT:
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Supplemental Budget Regarding Local, State and Federal Behavioral Health Funding to be Used for Support and Care of Clients (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the Supplemental Budget regarding local, state and federal behavioral health funding in the amount of Three Million Nine Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Eight Dollars ($3,925,278.00) for Department of Health and Human Services - Behavioral Health budget unit 1180-425 (4/5 vote required).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Behavioral Health Fund (1180-425)
DISCUSSION:
In August 2015, the Center for Medicaid Services approved a section 1115 waiver allowing California to implement a demonstration project to dramatically expand, improve and reorganize its system for treating people with substance use disorder. This project became the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System ("DMC-ODS") which 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 full administration of the DMC-ODS program, subject to various state and federal approvals, to Partnership HealthPlan of California. In the general financial structure of the Regional Model, each participating county will pay Partnership HealthPlan of California a single, per utilizer per month ("PU/PM") rate in exchange for Partnership HealthPlan of California administering the mandated DMC-ODS services. Participating counties receive Federal Drug Medi-Cal reimbursement based on PU/PM. The County of Humboldt is contracted as a provider of DMC-ODS services through Partnership HealthPlan of California.
Since implementation of the Regional Model, Drug Medi-Cal beneficiaries have increas...
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