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Crook County extends community behavioral health contract for six months while successor agreement is negotiated
Summary
The board approved the 11th amendment to the intergovernmental agreement with the Oregon Health Authority to extend the county’s community mental health funding agreement for six months to allow parties time to negotiate a successor agreement.
The Crook County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 6 approved the eleventh amendment to the intergovernmental agreement with the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to extend the county’s current community mental health funding contract for six months while parties negotiate a successor agreement.
A county staff member described the amendment as a short extension to avoid a lapse in the existing funding arrangement while OHA and counties continue negotiations over the successor agreement. “Rather than simply fight that out while the current agreement has expired, the parties have come to the idea that maybe we'll just extend the current agreement for six months,” the staff member said, noting the amendment had been reviewed and recommended for approval by BestCare.
The presenter said changes between the existing agreement and the amendment were mostly modest and that some changes add six‑figure funding amounts to program elements. The primary purpose of the amendment, the presenter said, is to extend the agreement’s duration by six months to provide time for the parties to reach a longer‑term arrangement. The board voted to authorize the chair to sign the 11th amendment.
Recorded discussion was limited; commissioners asked no substantive follow‑up questions in the meeting minutes and the amendment passed after a motion and second.
