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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Receive and review the County of El Dorado’s Children’s Medical Services Program Projected Budgets specific to the Child Health and Disability Prevention program (CHDPP), and the Health Care Program for Children in Foster Care (HCPCFC) program, including Psychotropic Medication Monitoring Oversight, for Fiscal Year 2022-23. The collective proposed budgets totaling $899,000 fund the provision of mandated preventive and specialized health care services to vulnerable children from birth to twenty-one (21) years of age, outside and internal to the HHSA support structures of Child Welfare and Behavioral Health;
2) Authorize the Chair to sign the CHDPP and the HCPCFC Certification Statements; and
3) Delegate authority to the HHSA Director, or the Deputy Director of Public Health, to execute any further documents or reports.
FUNDING: Federal and State funding: 27% Federal Children’s Medical Services Allocation, 24% State Children’s Medical Services Allocations, and 49% Public Health Realignment Fund Match.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
Children’s Medical Services (CMS) programs are mandated intensive case management and intervention activities. These services target high risk and medically fragile children to ensure effective and coordinated preventative and specialty medical care. They are essential for preserving optimal health and wellness while minimizing morbidity and mortality in the pediatric population. CMS consists of Child Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP) program, and the Health Care Program for Children in Foster Care (HCPCFC), Psychotropic Medication Monitoring and Oversight (PMMO) program. CMS programs specific to child health are mandated at the local level as reflected in California Health and Safety Code (HSC) Article 6 Section 124025. The California State Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), the agency that administers CMS programs, removed submission of the Cal...
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