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C. 81

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	December 18, 2018

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Payments for Services Provided by Bay Area Community Resources, Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/18/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Matthew White, M.D., 925-957-5201
cc:	E Suisala M Wilhelm

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 18, 2018
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Auditor-Controller, or designee, to pay $13,666 to Bay Area Community Resources, Inc., for substance abuse treatment services provided to adults in West County during the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.

FISCAL IMPACT:

100% funding is included in the Federal Drug Medi-Cal budget.

BACKGROUND:

Bay Area Community Resources, Inc. provides specialized substance abuse treatment services so that adults with co-occurring mental disorders are provided an opportunity to achieve sobriety and recover from the effects of alcohol and other drug use, become self-sufficient, and return to their families as productive individuals. In August 2017, the County Administrator approved and the Purchasing Services Manager executed Contract #74-439-9, (as amended by Contract Amendment Agreement #74-439-10), for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) services including, but not limited to, individual and group counseling services for offenders referred through the AB 109 criminal justice realignment program in West Contra Costa County for the period from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. Due to the late submission of the 2017-18 cost report caused by the implementation of the Drug Medi-Cal Waiver, the request for an amendment to increase the payment limit by $13,666 was delayed and the contract expired before the amendment was processed.

Bay Area Community Resources, Inc. continued to provide substance abuse prevention and treatment services to adults in West Contra Costa County. Behavioral Health Services Division Administration has therefore determined that Bay Area Community Resources 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.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Bay Area Community Resources, Inc. will not be paid for substance abuse prevention and treatment services rendered in good faith to adults in West County.