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Subcommittee approves DPH amendment for substance-use services; change described as administrative
Summary
The committee recommended a retroactive amendment to the county’s contract with the State Department of Health Care Services for substance use disorder services—DPH described the change chiefly as a name change in the overseeing state office and a routine, recurring agreement required of counties.
The Budget and Finance Subcommittee recommended forwarding a resolution that retroactively authorizes the Department of Public Health (DPH) to enter into an amended contract with the State Department of Health Care Services for substance use disorder services.
Jim Stilwell, deputy director of behavioral health at DPH, described the agreement as a regular, recurring state–county contract that binds counties to state and federal rules for drug and alcohol prevention and treatment. "This is a regular recurring contract between the state of California and the county San Francisco," Stilwell said, and he characterized the packet amendment as largely administrative: the major change is "the name change of the section of the Department of Health Care Services that oversees it."
No public comment was offered on the item. An unidentified committee member moved approval and the committee forwarded the resolution without objection.
Next steps: The item will be placed on the Board of Supervisors agenda for formal action. The transcript does not provide contract start and end dates in readable form; those details should be confirmed in the official Board packet.
