This contract meets the social needs of county’s population by providing specialized alcohol and drug abuse prevention services, so that men and women are provided an opportunity to achieve and maintain sobriety and to experience the associated benefits of self-sufficiency, family reunification, cessation of criminal activity and productive engagement in the community. The Alcohol and Other Drugs (AODS) Division has been contracting with Options Recovery Services since June 2022 to provide alcohol and drug abuse prevention services.
On August 2, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-652 with Options Recovery Services, in an amount not to exceed $1,432,791, to provide alcohol and drug abuse prevention services for adults with substance use and/or co-occurring disorders, for the period June 1, 2022 through May 31, 2023.
The contractor continued to provide alcohol and drug abuse prevention services in good faith for the month of June 30, 2023 without a contract in place. A new contract has been executed effective July 1 2023 through June 30, 2024 to align with CalAIM's implementation of the Department of Health Care Services Payment Reform.
Therefore, the county has determined that Options Recovery Services is entitled to payment for the reasonable value of their services under the equitable relief theory of quantum meruit. That theory provides that where a person has been asked to provide services without a valid contract,
and the provider does so to the benefit of the recipient, the provider is entitled to recover the reasonable value of those services. The contractor has provided services at the request of the county after the original contract payment limit had been reached. The Department cannot pay contractor for services rendered that exceed the contract limits. As such, the Department recommends that the Board authorize the Auditor-Controller to issue a one-time payment not to exceed $96,968.37 to Options Recovery Services.
If this request is not approved, Options Recovery Services will not be paid for services provided to AODS outside of the contract payment limit rendered in good faith.