To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Rescind Prior Board Action Pertaining to an Agreement with California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA)
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
RESCIND Board action of April 22, 2024 (C.56), which pertained to a contract with the California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA); and APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Agreement #78-056 with the CalMHSA, to pay the County in an amount not to exceed $24,000, for the Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification of the Service Provider Individualized Recovery Intensive Training (SPIRIT) Program for the period from January 1, 2025 through October 31, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
CalMHSA will pay the County $1,600 for any individual which is awarded a scholarship and completes the SPIRIT Program. No County match is required.
BACKGROUND:
With the passing of Senate Bill 803 in 2020, peer providers in the behavioral health workforce may now become eligible to bill Medi-Cal for services provided to clients when completing a Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Program. The Health Services Department's Behavioral Health Services Division (BHSD) applied for its SPIRIT Program to become an approved Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Program in 2023. CalMHSA has been designated by the State Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) as the agency which approves training programs to become Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Programs. CalMHSA has reviewed and approved the BHSD'S SPIRIT Program to be a designated Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Program. BHSD hires graduates of its SPIRIT Program to fill the positions of Community Support Workers and Family Partners. Through execution of this agreement, individuals which successfully complete the SPIRIT Program and are hired by BHSD shall be certified Medi-Cal Peer S...
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