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HEARING - Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Hold a hearing to consider a transfer of management of the Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP), a public health service provided by El Dorado County, as required by State law (Beilenson Act);
2) Receive a presentation from the Public Health Division regarding the status of the Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP); and
3) Authorize HHSA to take initial steps to transition the MSSP to the State of California Department of Aging to ensure required staffing matrix and service levels are maintained for eligible residents in need of home and community-based physical and social health services
FUNDING: Federal funding through an annual contract with California Department of Aging.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The California Department of Aging (CDA) Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP) Waiver program provides Home and Community-Based Services to residents age 65 or older who are Med-Cal eligible with an aid code reflective of risk for placement in a skilled nursing or intermediate care facility. The program provides physical and social health management, which includes coordination of available community resources, assessment/monitoring of both physical and psychological well-being, provision of durable medical equipment, education, and advocacy designed to maintain independent living status. These core services are maintained by the State’s requirement that MSSP operators utilize a staffing matrix which includes a Site Director, Supervising Care Manager, Nurse Case Manager(s), Social Work Care Manager(s) and Program Assistant(s). The staffing matrix ensures responsibility for and capability to provide in-community medical management of the client population through prescribed in-home visitation intervals and direct assessment of acute illness episodes which directly support the maintenance of client self-care and activities of daily living independence.
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