TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Health and Human Services Agency
MEETING DATE: August 21, 2018
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Anne Molgaard
PHONE:
463-7885
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Barbara Howe
PHONE:
472-2789
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Ratification of Submission of Grant Application for up to $25,000 of Funds Available from a Joint Effort of the Department of Health Care Services and Health Management Associates to Participate in a Learning Collaborative to Expand Medication Assisted Treatment in the County Jail in Fiscal Year 2018-19; Authorization for the Health and Human Services Agency Director or Designee to sign Agreement if Grant is Awarded and any Renewals or Amendments that do not Exceed the Annual Maximum Amount; and Authorization for the Auditor-Controller to Increase Appropriation of Expenditures in Budget Unit 4010 Upon Receipt of Grant Award Letter to Allow Budgeting and Spending of Grand Funds
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Ratify submission of grant application for up to $25,000 of funds available from a joint effort of the Department of Health Care Services and Health Management Associates to participate in a Learning Collaborative to expand Medication Assisted Treatment in the County Jail in fiscal year 2018-19; authorize the Health and Human Services Agency Director or designee to sign Agreement if grant is awarded and any renewals or amendments that do not exceed the annual maximum amount; and authorization for the Auditor-Controller to increase appropriation of expenditures in budget unit 4010 upon receipt of grant award letter to allow budgeting and spending of grant funds.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) is the use of FDA-approved prescription medications, usually in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a clinically-effective, whole-person approach to the tre...
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