This page is the Accessible Alternative Version (AAV) of the Contracts/Agreements between SELPAs and County Mental Health Agencies Presentation - Mary E. Samples, Ventura County SELPA (Posted 29-Nov-2011; PDF; 477KB; 15pp.) posted at the AB 114 Special Education Transition page. The PDF version is considered to be the official version of the document.
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SELPA/CMS
CONTRACT DISCUSSION
MARY E. SAMPLES
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
VENTURA COUNTY SELPA
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Background Information
- 21 Districts and County Office
- 16,382 students with IEPs
- 575 students with (formerly) AB3632 services on IEPs
- Have operated robust programs for students needing mental health services for 20 years
- Working with 2 County Mental Health Agencies
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Initiating Discussion
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- Concerns regarding possible changes began in 2009-10
- Worked with CMH to review program, unify procedures, utilize evidence based strategies and to train staff
- Instituted cost saving measures wherever possible
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- MOU in 2010-2011
- Began discussion on 2011-2012 MOU in late May
- Revised our agreement regarding practices and procedures
- Signed new MOU at the beginning of July
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Questions
- Repeal of AB3632 (Roles of agencies)
- Moving from mental health model of “medically necessary” to educational related services model
- Psychiatry and Medication Management
- Full Scope Medi-Cal
- Agency requirements like consents and releases
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Questions
- Calculation – to determine service needs
- Legal liability
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Barriers
- Building the plane while it is flying
- Working with multiple agencies
- CMH
- HSA
- Contract providers
- Residential Facilities
- Billing procedures
- Funding
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Current Agreement
- Includes
- MH Staff in schools
- Some supervisory MH staff
- Residential case management
- Medication management
- Indirect charges
*Remember we have 500+ students with current IEPs written under AB3632
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Changes
- CMH moves from provider to “contractor”
- Assessments will be integrated into our assessments using our timelines and our assessment plans
- Services on IEPs to be listed using IDEA related services language
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Changes
- Form changes
- Begin to transition residential oversight
- Joint training of CMH and school staff
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Funding
- AB 100 (Prop 63)
- Medi-Cal Reimbursements
- IDEA – MH funds
- AB114 – Prop 98 – MH funds
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Tracking Expenditures
- Packaged costs
- By student, by services as required by IEP
- Service logs
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WrapAround
In Negotiation
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If the costs exceed revenue, districts will have to bear proportional expenses once all funding sources are exhausted.
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Future Changes Between SELPA/CMH
We do anticipate changes next year.
- Staff
- Services
- Medi-Cal
(we have agreed to make decisions by January 2012)
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