HEALTH AND COMMUNITY - CONSENT ITEMS
Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Receive and review the County of El Dorado’s Children’s Medical
Services (CMS) Program Projected Budget for Fiscal Year 2025-26
specific to the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) California
Children’s Services (CCS) Administrative (Admin) budget in the amount of
$701,212, Health Care Program for Children in Foster Care (HCPCFC)
budget in the amount of $542,506, and Medical Therapy Program (MTP)
budget in the amount of $548,471;
2) Authorize the Chair to sign the CCS and HCPCFC Certification
Statements; and
3) Delegate authority to the HHSA Director, or Chief Assistant Director, to
execute any further documents or reports related to these programs.
FUNDING: Federal, State and County General Fund: CCS Admin: 11%
Federal, 23% County match, 6% State; HCPCFC: 4% Federal, 11%
County match, 3% State; CCS MTP: 2% Federal 14% State and 26%
County match.
Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Authorize the Chair to execute Intergovernmental Agreement 25-50128
(Fenix 9782) with Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), a
reimbursement-based revenue agreement with a “zero-dollar” maximum
obligation, allowing the County as the Mental Health Plan (MHP) provider to
not be limited to a specified reimbursement amount for Medi-Cal covered
specialty mental health services (SMHS), for the retroactive term effective
July 1, 2025, through December 31, 2026, along with the accompanying
Contractor Certification Clause, which is required to be returned to DHCS
with the Agreement;
2) Authorize the HHSA Director, or Chief Assistant Director to execute
amendments to Agreement 9782 which does not increase Net County
Cost; and
3) Authorize the HHSA Director, Chief Assistant Director, or Chief
Financial Officer (as applicable) to execute programmatic, administrative
and financial documents relating to the Agreement 9782.
FUNDING: SMHS are funded through federal Medi-Cal, with match
funding from State General Fund, Mental Health Services Fund and 2011
Behavioral Health Realignment.