To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Participation Agreement #74-776 with California Mental Health Services Authority
Recommendation: Recommendation of the County Administrator
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute, on behalf of the County Participation Agreement #74-776 with California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA), a government agency, to pay CalMHSA an amount not to exceed $675,000 for the County to participate in the Remote Supervision Program and for CalMHSA to act as the fiscal and administrative agent for the Program for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Participation Agreement will result in budgeted annual expenditures of up to $675,000 over a three-year period and will be funded 100% by Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA) Workforce Education and Training (WET) funds.
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this Participation Agreement is to grant CalMHSA the authority to act as the fiscal and administrative agent on behalf of the County to participate in the Remote Supervision Program. CalMHSA has entered a contract with a remote supervision company, Motivo Consulting, Inc., that matches behavioral health practitioners licensed in California with pre-licensed clinical staff needing supervised clinical hours to qualify for licensure. The County will have the ability to enlist pre-licensed staff on the Motivo platform and schedule remote supervision sessions. A designated County staff personnel member will be provided with platform access to dashboard data.
Approval of this new Participation Agreement #74-776 allows the County to participate in the Remote Supervision Program and for CalMHSA to act as the fiscal and administrative agent for the Program for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. This Contract includes a mutual indemnification provision to hold harmless both parties for any cl...
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