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. Contractor has been providing these services since July 2014.
On June 16, 2020, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #24-949-39(15) with A Step Forward Child Abuse Treatment and Training Programs, A Marriage, Family and Child Counseling Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $296,231 for the provision of Medi-Cal specialty mental health services, for the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022.
On January 11, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Amendment Agreement #24-949-39(16), effective January 1, 2022, to increase the payment limit from $296,231 to $426,231, with no change in original term July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022.
Approval of Contract #24-949-39(17) will allow the contractor to continue providing Medi-Cal specialty mental health services through June 30, 2024.
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.