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After deadlock, board approves amended short-term loan to Behavioral Health to cover Medi-Cal cash-flow gap
Summary
Lake County supervisors initially failed to pass a $2 million short-term loan to Behavioral Health, citing repayment and documentation concerns; after a successful motion to reconsider the board approved an amended resolution requiring repayment within 90 days and directed follow-up reporting.
Lake County supervisors on Tuesday approved an amended short-term loan to Behavioral Health Services to address an ongoing Medi-Cal reimbursement cash-flow gap, after an earlier vote deadlocked and the board reconsidered the matter.
Behavioral Health Director Elise Jones asked the board for a $2 million short-term loan from the county general fund. Jones told supervisors her department had repaid $2 million of a prior short-term loan but still owed roughly $2 million; the requested loan would cover contracted specialty mental-health services during a reimbursement delay tied to the county—s intergovernmental transfer (IGT) process.
During discussion several supervisors pressed for clarity about repayment and…
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