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Health and Human Services Agency recommending the Board approve the corrected amount listed for Agreement 279 with the California Mental Health Services Authority for membership in a Joint Exercise of Powers Authority, for management of various state-wide behavioral health programs, as shown on line 6 in the list of perpetual agreements as detailed in Attachment C.
FUNDING: Federal and State funds, or grants with the County share of cost or required match, if any, met with realignment or other Non-General Fund resources.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
Board of Supervisors Policy C-17, Section 4.5, “Contract Term,” requires departments to obtain authorization from the Board of Supervisors, initially, and on an annual basis, to use any contract that does not have a stated agreement term.
Since the implementation of FENIX, each perpetual agreement must have a change order executed to allocate funding for payment(s) in the upcoming fiscal year. The Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) obtained the Board’s approval of its current list of perpetual agreements on May 19, 2020 (File ID 20-0450). However, the amount(s) must be estimated for those agreements that have updated amounts annually. Following approval of the list of perpetual agreements (Attachment A) on May 29, 2020, HHSA received information from the California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA) that the amount for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-21 for Agreement 279 was higher than the estimate on the original list.
HHSA recently obtained CalMHSA’s FY 2020-2021 Member Annual Program Funding Commitment (Form) (Attachment B). For ease of reference, HHSA has listed the associated Agreement number next to each applicable line item on the Form. In addition, the perpetual agreement list has been updated (Attachment C) to be in compliance with the Funding Commitment Form and the updated amount of $68,753 for Agreement 279 now includes the annual membership fee ($500), Prevention and Early Interv...
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