REPORT TO SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

BOARD MEETING DATE:  April  24, 2018
CATEGORY:  Consent - Health and Human Services-2.

SUBJECT:

Agreement with Kings View Corporation.

Supervisorial District No. :  All

DEPARTMENT CONTACT:  Dianna L. Wagner, Branch Director, Children's Services (530) 225-5705

STAFF REPORT APPROVED BY:  Dianna L. Wagner, Branch Director, Children's Services

RECOMMENDATION

Approve and authorize the Chairman to sign an agreement with Kings View Corporation in an amount not to exceed $1,665,923 during the entire term of the agreement to provide mental health services for eligible youth for the period date of signing through June 30, 2018, with two automatic one-year renewals.

SUMMARY

The proposed agreement will allow Kings View Corporation (Kings View) to provide specialty mental health services to eligible clients and their family members in Shasta County during Fiscal Years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20.

DISCUSSION

The Shasta County Mental Health Plan (MHP) has a responsibility to provide specialty mental health services to eligible Medi-Cal Beneficiaries. The proposed agreement will allow Kings View to provide medically necessary mental health services to children, adolescents, and young adults (up to 21 years of age) who fall within Shasta County’s eligible population.  This organization provides both clinic-based and community-based therapeutic services.

Kings View has been providing medically necessary mental health services for a number of years to eligible Shasta County clients through school-based contracts. Kings View meets specific requirements to ensure maximum access to services for Shasta County clients and their families, including children placed in foster care. The Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) has oversight processes in place and will monitor performance by evaluating client outcomes through the implementation of the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) tool as well as progress towards individual treatment goals.

Through this agreement, Kings View will provide a variety of specialty mental health services including but not limited to: Case Management, Intensive Care Coordination, Crisis Management, and Intensive Home Based Services as part of treatment services for children who are Medi-cal beneficiaries.

The proposed agreement includes language to allow the HHSA Director or his or her designee to approve variances up to a maximum of 10 percent between categories within each budget line item with prior approval, provided the maximum amount of compensation is not exceeded.  Allowing the HHSA Director to authorize this budget variance in the agreements will allow Kings View flexibility to provide those service types most needed by the children being served.

ALTERNATIVES

The Board could choose not to approve this agreement or to approve with modified terms or funding levels.

OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT

County Counsel has approved the agreement as to form.  Risk Management has approved the agreement.  The recommendation has been reviewed by the County Administrative Office.

FINANCING

Costs of mental health services delivered via this contract are included in the Mental Health (BU 410) FY 2017-18 Adopted Budget. Specialty Mental Health Medi-Cal services in this agreement are funded through a combination of federal Medicaid funds (approx. 50%) with a county match which is met through a combination of 1991 and 2011 realignment revenue.  There is no additional General Fund impact with approval of this recommendation.