Okaloosa County BOCC — October 7, 2014 — Agenda — reading text

OKALOOSA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS .AGENDA REQUEST- TO: HONORABLE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FROM: CATHERINE WHITE, DRUG COURT MANAGER DATE: OCTOBER 7,2014 SUBJECT: CONTRACT # AH 1 0s, AMENDMENT #007- CONTRACT RENEWAL DISTRICT: ALL BACKGROUND: The Board of County Commii;sions entered into a contract with the Department of Children and Families, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services to provide Case Management Services for the Drug Courl Program effective August, 1999. The contract required the County to deliver Case Management Services in the form ofone full time position. The Board also entered into a contract with the Depafiment fbr Forensic Mental Health Services elTective February,2004. This contract required the County to hire a Forensic Mental Health Specialist. The Board approved the hiring of the Case Manager August 17,1999, and the Forensic Mental Health Specialist on February 10,2004. The Case Manager and the Forensic Mental Health Specialist work under the direction of the Drug Courl Manager. In September, 2006, the Depaftment agreed to enter into a contract with the County to fund two (2) additional positions due to the escalating population at the County Jail. On September 16,2006, the Board approved the hiring of the Mental Health Court Case Manager and the Mental Health Pretrial Officer. The Mental Health Court Case Manager works under the direction of the Drug Courl Manager, and the Mental Health Pretrial Officer works under the direction of the Pretrial Services Coordinator. The Deparlment of Children and Families, contracted through Big Bend Community Based Care, Inc., has agreed to provide grant funding in the amount of$120,339 effective October 1,2014, and terminating June 30, 2015. Section 394.9082, Florida Statutes, authorizes the Depafiment to contract with a Managing Entity, to-wit: Big Bend Community Based Care, Inc., to manage the day-to-day operational delivery of services through an organized system ofcare. The Legislature found that a management structure that places the responsibility for publicly financed behavioral health treatment and preventron services within a single, private, nonprofit entity at the local level will promote improved assess to care, promote service continuity, and provide for more efficient and effective delivery of substance Re: Grant No. AH 105 Page Two abuse and mental health services. One of its major goals is to remove administrative functions from service providers to better serve individuals needing care. The Department is finalizing negotiations of a contract with Big Bend Community Based Care, Inc., to serve as the Deparlment's Managing Entity tbr the Northwest Region to provide the coordination, integration, management, and all other functions necessary for the effective delivery ofbehavioral health services. Section 394.9082(6)(b), Florida Statutes, directs the Department to tenninate all contracts with providers in the Northwest Region. Similarly, section 394.9082(6)0), Florida Statutes, requires the Managing Entity to offer contracts to all providers currently under confact with the Depafiment. In order to ensure continuity of service, the Department is offering providers the altemative of agreeing to an assignment of their contracts to Big Bend Community Based Care, Inc., with some changes. Under the Department's contract with Big Bend Community Based Care, Inc., they are responsible for performing the following baseline functions for the Department: . System ofCare Development and Management . Continuous Quality lmprovement . Utilizatioli Management . Planning . Network Management . Training and Technical Assistance . Financial Management . Boald Development and Governance . Data Collection, Reporting, and Management . Disaster Planning and Responsireness In addition, the Deparlment's contract with Big Bend Community Based Care, Inc. requires the implementation of many substantive programmatic changes, which the Managing Entity will in turn require ofall providers including: . Specific requirements relating to integration with child welfare and prioritization ofpregnant addicted women and women with dependent children . Specific requirements relating to family-centered treatment . Mole specific requirements concerning serving Medicaid eligible individuals . Requirement that Management Entity develop Waste Fraud and Abuse Prevention Plan . Specific requirements concernir.rg how the Managing Entity monitors providers, including developing risk assessment reviews for each provider in the network. RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of County Commissioners take the following actions: A. Approval of Contract # AH105, An-rendment #007 Contract Renewal; B. Ratifu the Chairman's signature dated September 25,201,4 and; Grant No. AH105 C. Authorize the Chairman, as the County's representative, to execute all future grant documents during the term ofthe grant. Recommended By: Approved By: Dino Villani Director Office of Public Safety