DATE:
September 24, 2024
13
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
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UPDATE ON AND AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO HEALTH FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES WITHIN THE EAST CAMPUS MEDICAL CENTER (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
In California, counties are responsible for administering specialty mental health and substance use services for residents eligible for Medi-Cal. In this capacity, the County of San Diego (County) Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), Behavioral Health Services (BHS) serves as the Specialty Mental Health Plan. To ensure access to quality care that meets the needs of Medi-Cal beneficiaries in San Diego County, BHS is required to maintain a local network of behavioral health services and providers. To optimize the local behavioral health system of care, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors (Board) has made key investments over the last several years to enhance community-based behavioral health services and develop critical behavioral health infrastructure that is regionally distributed in alignment with population health needs.
On May 21, 2024 (23), the Board advanced this vision by approving actions to enter into negotiations with University of California, San Diego Health (UCSD Health) to establish psychiatric acute inpatient services, a crisis stabilization unit (CSU), and an emergency psychiatric unit (EPU) at the East Campus Medical Center (ECMC) to provide care for Medi-Cal beneficiaries within the specialty care system. Today's item provides an update on this partnership to negotiate toward the establishment of a new inpatient behavioral health facility and CSU at the ECMC. Today's item also requests authorization to execute agreements with UCSD Health, including a letter of intent and an unsecured loan of up to $32.0 million for necessary facility improvements at ECMC, and to establish appropriations of $32.0 million to cover costs for the facility im...
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