RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with MedTox Laboratories, Inc. for Child Welfare mandatory drug testing services, effective June 29, 2015, to increase the contract amount by $165,000 to a new contract amount of $440,000 and extend the contract term from June 30, 2015 through December 31, 2015.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$440,000; Child Welfare Allocation, 30% County, 70% State.
BACKGROUND:
Random drug testing is a court ordered service and is ordered as part of the client service plan. Laboratory results are submitted for inclusion in court hearings on Child Welfare Family Maintenance and Reunification cases. Services include ensuring the availability of specimen collection sites, screening test specimens, providing "on-demand" sample testing when requested by the County's Employment and Human Services Department (Department) social workers, and providing monthly statistics to the Department for clients referred for drug testing.
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