TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Health and Human Services Agency
MEETING DATE: July 11, 2017
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Anne Molgaard
PHONE:
463-7885
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Rachel Ebel Elliott
PHONE:
463-7836
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Memorandum of Understanding with California Automated Consortium Eligibility System for Matters Related to Administration and Fulfillment of the Consortium's Purpose and Approval of Third Amended and Restated Joint Exercise of Powers Effective September 1, 2017
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Approve Memorandum of Understanding with California Automated Consortium Eligibility System for matters related to administration and fulfillment of the Consortium's purpose; approve Third Amended and Restated Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement effective September 1, 2017; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
The Memorandum of Understanding has been ongoing since 2007; last action on March 16, 2010, Item No. 4a(10) BOS Agreement 10-021. The Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement has been ongoing since 2007; last action on March 16, 2010, Item No. 4a(8), BOS Agreement 10-020A.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
On July 29, 2011, the State of California presented to the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and Center for Medicaid, CHIP, and Survey & Certification (CMS), its plans for reducing the complexity of the eligibility system configuration in California. Those plans included taking the necessary steps to consolidate the existing SAWS Consortia from three to two systems. The recommendation was to merge the LA County and C-IV Systems.
In September 2011, AB 16 passed. AB 16 called for "the migration of the 39 C-IV Counties into a single system jointly designed by the 39 counties plus Los Angeles County". Pursuant to the Act, there is hereby created a public entity to be known as the California Automated Consortium Eligib...
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