RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #74-475-152 with Bay Area Therapy Group A Marriage and Family Counseling Corp., a professional corporation, in an amount not to exceed $250,000 to provide Medi-Cal specialty mental health services, for the period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $250,000 over a 2-year period and will be funded 50% by Federal Medi-Cal ($125,000) and 50% by State Mental Health Realignment funding ($125,000).

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. This is the first contract with this contractor.