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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 19, 2002 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: U date on Mental Health Reform Plannin Process <br />DEPARTMENT: OPC Mental Health <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Draft Document: OPC Area Program, <br />Local Business Plan in Response to <br />State Plan 2002: Blueprint for <br />Change (Under Separate Cover) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Gwen Harvey, 245-2300 <br />Tom Maynard, 913-4000 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: A presentation will be made to update the BOCC on the draft document outlining <br />the planning, governance, provider network development, service management, access to care, <br />quality management, evaluation methodology, financial management, data management and <br />collaboration components of the Orange-Person-Chatham (OPC) response to state mandated <br />mental health reform. <br />BACKGROUND: As the BOCC is aware, the State reform effort is to produce by January, 2003 <br />a local business plan describing how Orange County as part of the Orange-Person-Chatham <br />consortium will carry out its responsibilities under the State Plan 2002 Blueprint for Change. <br />Much work has been done under the guidance of the OPC Steering Committee for Mental <br />Health Reform to include various stakeholders in assessing the system, analyzing options, and <br />developing responses. A public forum for the BOCC to receive community input on the <br />planning process was held on October 8, and a work session with OPC staff was held on <br />October 9. <br />The proposed plan provides afive-year implementation schedule. Divestiture of direct service <br />delivery - as specified by the State -will be phased over time, allowing the three counties an <br />opportunity to help stabilize necessary non-profits and reallocate OPC staff. <br />The OPC Steering Committee meets again on November 21 to finalize the review and comment <br />period from each county commission and begin preparing the plan document for final adoption <br />by the three counties and submission to the State by the end of the calendar year. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: No transition dollars are being provided by the State. Current OPC state <br />allocations continue at roughly the same level as last year. OPC projects the same amount of <br />