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Approve a contract with Health Management Associates for $760,000 to provide ongoing project management, consulting, and technical assistance related to CalAIM Providing Access and Transforming Health Justice-Involved (PATH-JI) for the period of March 15, 2025 through November 1, 2026; Delegate authority to the County Administrator to execute the contract and any subsequent amendments, with County Counsel concurrence, including changes to terms and conditions and/or scope of services not to exceed an annual aggregate of $74,999; and Authorize the Chief of Probation or his designees to execute any amendments which are technical or administrative in nature
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Probation Department recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve a contract with Health Management Associates for $760,000 to provide ongoing project management, consulting, and technical assistance related to CalAIM Providing Access and Transforming Health Justice-Involved (PATH-JI) for the period of March 15, 2025 through November 1, 2026;
2. Delegate authority to the County Administrator to execute the contract and any subsequent amendments, with County Counsel concurrence, including changes to terms and conditions and/or scope of services not to exceed an annual aggregate of $74,999; and
3. Authorize the Chief of Probation or his designees to execute any amendments which are technical or administrative in nature.
SUMMARY:
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) launched the Medi-Cal Transformation Initiative, formally known as California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM), in January 2022. As part of this initiative, California became the first state approved for a Section 1115 Justice-Involved (JI) Reentry Waiver on January 26, 2023. This waiver allows Medi-Cal to provide a defined set of services to eligible individuals ...
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