RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ASSEMBLY BILL 217 (BEALL),

MEDI-CAL: ALCOHOL AND DRUG SCREENING AND BRIEF INTERVENTION SERVICES

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

WHEREAS, under current federal law the Medicaid program funds basic health care coverage for low-income individuals and their families, pregnant women, elderly and disabled persons, and offers specific benefits to all and provides special benefits as a state option, such as substance abuse; and

WHEREAS, states that offer substance abuse screening and brief intervention services can obtain Medicaid reimbursement; and

WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 217 (Beall) would create the Medi-Cal Alcohol and Drug Screening and Brief Intervention Services Matching Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of increasing the state’s ability to make available alcohol and drug screening and brief intervention services to pregnant women or women of childbearing age; and

WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 30 would enable counties to provide required fifty percent share of cost in order to draw down a federal match.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the Board of Supervisors by the adoption of this resolution hereby supports Assembly Bill 217 (Beall) regarding Medi-Cal Alcohol and Drug Screening and Brief Intervention Services.

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