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C. 66

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	August 16, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #24-979-44 with Addiction Research and Treatment, Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 08/16/2022

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Suzanne Tavano, Ph.D, 925-957-5169
cc:	E Suisala M Wilhelm

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: August 16, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #24-979-44 with Addiction Research and Treatment, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $8,474,886, to provide methadone maintenance treatment services for the period from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this contract will result in budgeted expenditures of up to $8,474,886 and will be funded by 50% Federal Medi-Cal ($4,237,443) and 50% Mental Health Realignment ($4,237,443) revenues. (Rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

The County has been contracting with Addiction Research and Treatment, Inc., since October 1998 to provide methadone treatment services through its Methadone Maintenance Clinics Program in East and West Contra Costa County.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

On July 13, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #24-979-42 with Addiction Research and Treatment, Inc., in the amount of $5,919,828, to provide methadone treatment services through its Methadone Maintenance Clinics Program (Medi-Cal Drug Abuse Treatment Services) in East and West Contra Costa County, for the period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.

On October 5, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Amendment Agreement #24-979-43 to increase the payment limit by $186,441 from $5,919,828 to a new payment limit of $6,106,269, with no change in the term of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.

Approval of Contract #24-979-44 will allow the contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2023. The contract renewal request to the Board is delayed due to the contractor waiting for the publication of the new rates by the State Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) on July 12, 2022, and at which time the department and contractor mutually agreed to a final budget.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, Contra Costa County residents will not receive the specialized substance abuse treatment services needed to provide them an opportunity to achieve sobriety and recover from the effects of alcohol and other drug use, become self-sufficient, and return to their families as productive individuals.