LA County Board

40. Specialty Mental Health Services Legal Entity Contract Amendments\nRecommendation: Approve and authorize the Interim Director of Mental Health\nto execute amendments to three existing Department of Mental Health (DMH)\nLegal Entity (LE) Contracts with Kedren Community Health Center, Inc., Para\nLos Ninos and McKinley Children's Center (2, 3 and 5), for the continued\nprovision of specialty mental health services, to increase the Maximum Contract\nAmounts (MCAs) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 and FY 2023-24, the total\naggregate increase for these LE Contracts is $1,620,331 for FY 2022-23 and\n$1,746,663 for FY 2023-24, fully funded by Federal and State Medi-Cal,\nMeasure H, and State Mental Health Services Act revenues; and exempt DMH\nLE Contracts from the six month advance notification requirement under Board\nPolicy No. 5.100 when DMH does not have delegated authority to increase the\nmaximum amount of current LE Contracts; and authorize the Interim Director to\ntake the following related actions: (Department of Mental Health) APPROVE\nExecute future amendments to the LE Contracts to revise the language,\nrevise the annual MCAs, add, delete, modify, or replace the service\nexhibits and/or statements of work, and/or reflect Federal, State, and\nCounty regulatory and/or policy changes, provided that the County’s total\npayment will not exceed 25% of the Board-approved MCA and sufficient\nfunds are available; and\nTerminate the contracts in accordance with the termination provisions,\nincluding termination for convenience. (23-0754)\nAttachments: Board Letter\nPublic Comment/Correspondence