RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County, Contract #74-271-86(9) with Alex Smirnoff, M.D., an individual, in an amount not to exceed $140,000, to provide Medi-Cal specialty mental health services for the period from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2020.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This contract is funded 50% by Federal Medi-Cal and 50% by State Mental Health Realignment. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
On January 14, 1997, the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution #97/17, authorizing the Health Services Director to contract with the State Department of Mental Health, (now known as the Department of Health Care Services) to assume responsibility for Medi-Cal specialty mental health services. Responsibility for outpatient specialty mental health services involves contracts with individual, group and organizational providers to deliver these services.
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