Lake County supervisors approve amendment to CalMHSA EHR participation agreement, raising contract to $1.65 million

The Lake County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to approve Amendment No. 3 to the county's participation agreement with the California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA) for a semi-statewide enterprise electronic health record (EHR) program, authorizing the board chair to sign the amended agreement.

A staff member read the amendment to the board, explaining it would increase the maximum funding for the EHR participation agreement to a total not to exceed $1,650,000 and asking that the chair be authorized to sign. Supervisor Sabatia said she had not reviewed the item in time to raise questions earlier but had received answers by email that morning and was ready to proceed because the financial questions she had raised were addressed: "I did not get to this in a timely fashion to get an answer to my question timely. Uh so I did get it this morning and I should not have pulled this and I'm ready to go ahead and move forward cuz uh the financial questions that I had were responded to." The board chair then opened the item for public comment and reported there were no speakers in the room or online.

A board member moved to approve Amendment No. 3 as read; another member seconded. The board voted in favor, 5-0, and the motion carried. The motion as read authorized the chair of the board to sign the amendment on behalf of Lake County.

The agenda text as read listed an increase to the maximum funding amount; the transcript contains inconsistent digit strings for the increase. The board's recorded action set the amended contract total at not to exceed $1,650,000. The item did not include a named mover or seconder in the transcript and did not record individual roll-call votes beyond the 5-0 tally.

The board took no further action on the item at the meeting.