The Health Services Department is requesting to add one Utilization Review Coordinator, one Mental Health Clinical Specialist and one Clerical Supervisor to its Behavioral Health Division’s Alcohol and Other Drugs Services (AODS). These classifications will be responsible for the establishment of the policy, procedures and guidelines for authorization of services, service entry, monitoring of the services requested for newly established Drug Medi-Cal Waiver Organized Deliver System adoption. The staff will ensure that authorization of services are done in a timely manner, based on review of medical necessity and entered in the system for claiming to California Department of Health Care Services for payment. At present, there is no staff dedicated to this as it is a new required responsibility under the Drug Medi-Cal Waiver Organized Deliver System.  
  
The Department has determined these full time positions would be the appropriate type of classifications and number of positions necessary to fulfill the needs of this program.  

If this action is not approved, the Behavioral Health Division’s Alcohol and Other Drugs Services will not be able to adequately establish, staff and administer the Utilization Review aspects of Contra Costa County’s Drug Medi-Cal Waiver Organized Deliver System which is monitored by the state agency, California Department of Health Care Services.