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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Make findings that the provision of Mental Health Services Act Prevention and Early Intervention services provided by Contractor are in the public's best interest and that there are specialty skills, qualifications, and equipment not expressly identified in County classifications involved in the performance of the work in accordance with El Dorado County Ordinance Code, Chapter 3.13.030(B);
2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the First Amendment to Agreement for Services 4840 with Suicide Prevention Network, LTD, doing business as Suicide Prevention Network of Douglas County, increasing the Fiscal Year 2022-23 maximum compensation by $46,000, thereby increasing the total not-to-exceed amount to $226,000, with no change to the original three (3) year term ending June 30, 2023, with no increase to the rates and projected hours of service for the duration of the agreement; and
3) Authorize the HHSA Director, or the Director of Behavioral Health, to execute further documents relating to Agreement 4840, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management, including amendments which do not increase the maximum dollar amount or term of the Agreement.
FUNDING: 100% Mental Health Services Act State Funding.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
In 2004, California voters passed Proposition 63, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA). MHSA imposes a one (1) percent tax on personal income in excess of $1,000,000. The funds from the tax are distributed to California counties and are intended to transform the Mental Health System into one that is consumer and family driven, is recovery-oriented, accessible, culturally competent, and offers services appropriate for the population that is served.
Under MHSA, each county is required to develop a Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan (Plan), followed by two subsequent years of Annual Updates to the original Plan. The purpose of the Annual...
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