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C. 47

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	September 21, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #77-249-1 with ABA Plus, Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 09/21/2021

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:	Sharron Mackey, 925-313-6104
cc:	K Cyr 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: September 21, 2021
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 #77-249-1 with ABA Plus, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $900,000, to provide applied behavioral analysis (ABA) services for Contra Costa Health Plan (CCHP) members for the period September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $900,000 over a three-year period and will be funded 100% by CCHP Enterprise Fund II allocations. (Rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

CCHP has an obligation to provide certain specialized ABA services for its members under the terms of their Individual and Group Health Plan membership contracts with the County, providing services for members with pervasive developmental disorders or autism including, but not limited to, treatment plans and staff to providing services in the following licensed categories: licensed family therapy, social work, speech and language pathology, educational psychology, and audiology to improve the functioning of members. This contractor has been providing ABA services to CCHP members as part of the CCHP Provider Network since September 1, 2019.

In August 2019, the County Administrator approved and the Purchasing Services Manager executed Contract #77-249 with ABA Plus, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $100,000, for the provision ABA services for CCHP members for the period September 1, 2019 through August 31, 2021.

Approval of Contract #77-249-1 will allow the contractor to continue to provide ABA services to CCHP members through August 31, 2024.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, certain specialized ABA health care services for CCHP members under the terms of their Individual and Group Health Plan membership contracts with the County will not be provided.