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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Make findings that the provision of Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) Substance Use Disorder (SUD) services provided by Granite Wellness Centers 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 Amendment II to competitively bid Agreement for Services 7906 with Granite Wellness Centers (Granite), for the retroactive effective date of December 1, 2023, to update the billing rates (as shown in Amended Exhibit B-2 of the Agreement) to include perinatal rates for pregnant/parenting women and their children to receive SUD services, with no changes to the maximum obligation of $2,841,732 or term of the Agreement;
3) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to execute amendments relating to Agreement 7906, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management, which do not increase the maximum dollar amount or term of the Agreement; and
4) Authorize the HHSA Director, or the Behavioral Health Director, to execute programmatic, administrative, and fiscal documents relating to Agreement 7906.
FUNDING: Federal Medicaid, Federal Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant (SABG), 2011 Realignment Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery Services (DMC-ODS), State General Fund, and California Assembly Bill (AB) 109 Treatment funds, available pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act and Medicaid State Plan.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
The mission of the HHSA SUD Program is to provide an array of evidence-based services designed to prevent and reduce alcoholism and drug addiction through education, prevention, treatment, and counseling services offered directly through the HHSA Behavioral Health Division (BHD) SUD Program...
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