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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director Contra
Costa
DATE: June 30, 1994 County
SUBJECT: Letter of Intent for Contra Costa County to Serve
as the Local Mental Health Care Plan
SPECIFIC RECjUESTjS)OR RECOMMENDAnoN(S) &BACKGROUND AND JUSMCAT1l0N
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve and authorize Chair, Board of Supervisors, to sign Letter of Intent to the State Department of Mental
Health indicating Contra Costa County's intent to serve as the Local Mental Health Care Plan.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None. The Letter of Intent is not a contractual commitment, but merely a statement of interest and intent.
BACKGROUND:
The State Department of Mental Health issued its Medi-Cal Managed Mental Health Care Plan on June 1,
1994. The State's Plan provides for statewide implementation of a single Managed Mental Health Care Plan
in each county. Counties have the first right of refusal to become the Medi-Cal Managed Mental Health Care
Plan. The implementation of the State's Plan, a capitated managed mental health care system, will be
accomplished over a period of years through a series of planned phases. Phase 1, the consolidation of inpatient
Fee-for-Service Medi-Cal with the existing County Mental Health programs is scheduled for October 1, 1994.
To participate in inpatient consolidation the County must submit this Letter of Intent at this time.
When the State's final allocation formula and other contractual provisions are known, the Health Services
Department Mental Health Division will make a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors on whether or
not to contract with the State to become the Local Mental Health Care Plan.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURES):
ACTION OF BOARD ON 0,,- 1 a 1Gq- APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact Person: Lorna Bastian
CC: Health Services Director ATTESTED
Mental Health Director PHIL TCf8l-OR, CLEkK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY _,DEPUTY
Phil Batchelor
The Board of Supervisors Contra Clerkof the Board
and
�� County Administrator
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County Administration Building 1C (415)646.2371
651 Pine St., Room 106 County
Martinez,California 94553
Tom Powers.tst District 5E
Nancy C.fanden,2nd District _- k__•,
Robert I.Schroder,3rd District
Sunne Wright McPeak.4th District ^ 1 .<
Tom Todakson,5th District
July 12, 1994
Stephen W. Mayberg, Ph.D., Director
Department of Mental Health
1600 9th Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Dear Dr. Mayberg:
This letter constitutes the County of Contra Costa's intent to function as the Local Mental
Health Care Plan (the Plan). As specified in the State Department of Mental Health's Plan,
Medi-Cal Managed Health Care, dated June 1, 1994, the Contra Costa County Plan will:
(1) Be responsible for offering an array of services consistent with standards set by the
state, in accordance with Medicaid and Medi-Cal requirements.
(2) All eligible Contra Costa County Medi-Cal beneficiaries will receive their specialty
mental health services through the Contra Costa County Plan.
(3) Access to these specialty mental health services will be based upon statewide
criteria of medical necessity as established by the State Department of Mental
Health.
In addition, the County of Contra Costa assures that safety net and traditional providers
and other affected stakeholders in Contra Costa County will be included in the planning
and development process of the Local Mental Health Care Plan as outlined in the DMH
Plan. The DMH Plan defines traditional providers as those which historically have delivered
services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries and safety net providers as those who provide services
to Medi-Cal beneficiaries and to persons who are medically indigent. The Contra Costa
County Plan assures that coordination with traditional and safety net providers will ensure
the continuity of care for clients and the preservation of important service delivery
resources.
ly,
Tom Powers, Chair
Board of Supervisors