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. The county has contracted with Allied Medical and Consultation Services, P.C., for Medi-Cal services since 2018.
On July 14, 2020, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-475-86(3) with Allied Medical and Consultation Services, P.C., in an amount not to exceed $850,000, for the provision of Medi-Cal specialty mental health services for the period from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022.
On March 30, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract Amendment Agreement #74-475-86(4) with Allied Medical and Consultation Services, P.C., effective March 1, 2021, to provide additional Medi-Cal mental health services with no change in the payment limit of $850,000 or term of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022.
On January 11, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract Amendment Agreement #74-475-86(5) with Allied Medical and Consultation Services, P.C., effective January 1, 2022, to increase the payment limit by $711,000 to a new total of $1,561,000 with no change in the term of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022.
On May 24, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract Amendment Agreement #74-475-86(6) with Allied Medical and Consultation Services, P.C., effective May 15, 2022, to increase the payment limit by $500,000 to a new total of $2,061,000 with no change in the term of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022.
Approval of Contract #74-475-86(7), the Contractor will provide Medi-Cal specialty mental health services through June 30, 2023.
If this contract is not approved, services provided to Contra Costa Mental Health Plan Medi-Cal beneficiaries could be negatively impacted, including access to services, choice of providers, cultural competency, language capacity, geographical locations of service providers, and waiting lists.