Sutter County’s Health and Welfare Committee agenda includes a proposed Health Care Services Agreement with Partnership HealthPlan of California that would take effect May 1, 2026.
According to the staff report, the agreement would let Sutter County Public Health bill Partnership for vaccine administration and tuberculosis skin testing and reading provided through the county public health clinic. The report says the county is already providing those services to Medi-Cal patients and that the new arrangement would allow the county to recover payment under DHCS reimbursement rules that require managed care plans to reimburse local health departments at no less than Medi-Cal fee-for-service rates.
The staff report says the fiscal impact would be no cost to the County General Fund because the public health branch would be reimbursed for the services. It also notes that County Counsel reviewed the agreement.
The committee packet excerpt does not show a final vote or any amendments, and the full signed contract was not included in the material provided. The attachment appears to include broader contract terms, including reimbursement, confidentiality, insurance, recoupment and termination provisions, but the excerpt cuts off before the end of the document.
