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Approve 2 contracts, one with Medmark Treatment Centers - Fairfield, Inc. for $1,416,432 and the other with Successful Alternatives for Addiction and Counseling Services, Inc. for $1,226,366, to provide narcotic treatment services beginning on October 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019; Authorize the County Administrator to execute contract amendments that are within budgeted appropriations; Authorize the Director of Health and Social Services to execute any amendments which are technical or administrative in nature and have no fiscal impact; and Approve an Appropriation Transfer Request in the amount of $1,930,297 (4/5 vote required)
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Health and Social Services (H&SS) recommends that the Board of Supervisors approve two contracts, one with Medmark Treatment Centers - Fairfield, Inc. for $1,416,432 and the other with Successful Alternatives for Addiction and Counseling Services, Inc. for $1,226,366 to provide narcotic treatment services beginning on October 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019; Authorize the County Administrator to execute contract amendments that are within budgeted appropriations; Authorize the Director of Health and Social Services to execute any amendments which are technical or administrative in nature and have no fiscal impact; and Approve an Appropriation Transfer Request in the amount of $1,930,297 (4/5 vote required).
SUMMARY:
NTP services have been offered in Solano County through direct contracts between the providers and the State; however, the California Department of Healthcare Services (DHCS), on May 3, 2018, notified the County that under the Drug Medi-Cal program, the County must "provide, arrange, or subcontract" all required services which includes NTP services. The notice indicated the County was not in compliance with one or more services required in the Drug Medi-Cal prog...
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