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Approve a contract with Hilltop Recovery Services to provide residential substance use disorder treatment services from February 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020, equal to the aggregate dollar value of the Service Authorization Letters to be executed between Solano County and Hilltop within budgeted appropriations; Delegate authority to the County Administrator to execute contract amendments that are within budgeted appropriations; and Authorize the Director of Health and Social Services to execute any amendments which are technical or administrative in nature and have no fiscal impact.
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Health and Social Services (H&SS) recommends that the Board of Supervisors approve a contract with Hilltop Recovery Services to provide residential substance use disorder treatment services from February 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020, equal to the aggregate dollar value of the Service Authorization Letters to be executed between Solano County and Hilltop within budgeted appropriations; Delegate authority to the County Administrator, to execute contract amendments that are within budgeted appropriations; and Authorize the Director of Health and Social Services to execute any amendments which are technical or administrative in nature and have no fiscal impact.
SUMMARY:
H&SS budgets annually for 36 residential substance use disorder treatment beds per day across several providers that are located both in and out of Solano County. In the past few months, H&SS has been unable to place clients at several residential providers because other counties are paying much higher bed per day rates, more than twice Solano's daily rate. In order to maintain the needed number of treatment beds, H&SS has sought out other qualified contractors in the Bay Area. This contract with Hilltop Recovery Services gives the County access to a provider with...
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