To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Participation Agreement Amendment #74-647-1 with California Mental Health Services Authority
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Participation Agreement Amendment #74-647-1 with California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA), a government agency, effective October 17, 2024, to amend Participation Agreement #74-647, to increase the payment limit by $158,026, from $339,260 to a new payment limit of $497,286, with no change in the term of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Amendment will result in additional contractual service expenditures of up to $158,026 and will be funded 100% by Behavioral Health Services Act. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this Participation Agreement is to grant CalMHSA the authority to act as the Fiscal and Administrative agent on behalf of Participants (counties) as part of the Greater Bay Area Regional Partnership. In order to access the matching funds provided by the State, counties must participate as a regional county partnership with the agreement of providing about 30% matching funds, while the State provided 70% of the funds. Contra Costa Behavioral Health Services, as part of the Greater Bay Area Regional Partnership had communicated its intent to the State in participating in this program prior to the onset of the pandemic along with other Bay Area counties as a manner to amplify educational loan repayment to address workforce needs. There were significant delays in getting the Participation Agreement with CalMHSA in place with the onset of the pandemic and the numerous entities involved.
On July 12, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Participation Agreement #74-647 with CalMHSA, in an amount not to exceed $339,260, to provide f...
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