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Lake County withdraws consideration of Amendment 5 to Community Behavioral Health contract after wrong document uploaded
Summary
County staff described a negotiated reduction in Medi‑Cal pass‑through rates for Community Behavioral Health and plans for an RFP, but supervisors raised concerns about facility‑use terms, payment timing and costs; the item was withdrawn because the uploaded contract was not the latest draft.
Lake County on Thursday paused consideration of Amendment 5 to its contract with Community Behavioral Health after staff discovered the meeting packet contained an outdated draft.
The item, introduced by the chair, would have finalized a negotiated change to the county’s Medi‑Cal/DHCS pass‑through rate for specialty mental health services covering fiscal years 2023–24 through 2025–26. Director Elise Jones, the county’s behavioral health director, told the board Community Behavioral Health is “one of our largest subcontracted providers” and said the amendment reduces the pass‑through rate — a change she said was negotiated to take effect Sept. 1 and yield savings beginning…
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