About this service
Marin Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) provides substance use contractor resources to support contracted providers delivering substance use prevention, treatment, recovery support, and related services for Marin County Medi-Cal members and low income uninsured community members.
These resources are intended to help contractors meet operational, clinical, reporting, quality, compliance, and billing requirements.
Who this service is for
This information is for:
- Contracted substance use service providers working with Marin BHRS
- Organizations or individuals interested in becoming contracted substance use service providers
Details
The following Contractor Resources provide the main reference set for contracted substance use providers working with Marin BHRS:
- Substance Use Contractor Manual, Contract Exhibits and State Contracts
- Policies, Procedures and Manuals
- Forms
- Contractor Meetings
Substance Use Contractor Manual
The contractor manual includes the current fiscal year contractor renewal manual and serves as a central resource for contracted substance use providers.
The documents in this list may not work with all assistive technology and are being remediated. For alternative formats, please email Behavioral Health and Recovery Services or phone 415-473-6769. To use the California relay service, dial 711.
- FY 26.27 Contractor Renewal Manual - Final.pdf (0.61 MB) — Substance Use Contractor Manual
Contract Exhibits
Contract exhibits and templates include documents used to structure and administer provider agreements and service requirements.
The documents in this list may not work with all assistive technology and are being remediated. For alternative formats, please email Behavioral Health and Recovery Services or phone 415-473-6769. To use the California relay service, dial 711.
- Professional Services Contract.pdf (0.18 MB) — Professional Services Contract
- PSC - Direct Services Attachment.pdf (0.10 MB) — PSC - Direct Services Attachment
- Exhibit A - Prevention Services- Final.pdf (0.04 MB) — Exhibit A - Prevention Services
- Exhibit A - Prevention Reporting.pdf (0.09 MB) — Exhibit A - Prevention Reporting
- Exhibit A- Sober Living Environment_0.pdf (0.28 MB) — Exhibit A - Sober Living Environment
- Exhibit A- Outpatient, IOS, OTP.pdf (0.43 MB) — Exhibit A - Outpatient, IOS, OTP
- Exhibit A- Residential and WM.pdf (0.38 MB) — Exhibit A - Residential and WM
- Exhibit A- Care Coordination and Recovery Services.pdf (0.27 MB) — Exhibit A - Care Coordination and Recovery Services
- Exhibit B- Budget Detail and Rev Expense Summary.xlsx (0.02 MB) — Exhibit B - Budget Detail and Rev Expense Summary
- Exhibit B-Fee for Service.pdf (0.20 MB) — Exhibit B-FFS Net 30
- Exhibit B-FFS , SLE Net 30 - Final.pdf (0.10 MB) — Exhibit B-FFS SLE Net 30
- Exhibit B-FFS, RC Net 1 - Final.pdf (0.18 MB) — Exhibit B-FFS RC Net 1
- Exhibit I - SUD_0.pdf (0.48 MB) — Exhibit I
- Exhibit M - Master Business Associate Agreement (BAA) (1).pdf (0.69 MB) — Exhibit M - Master Business Associate Agreement
State Contracts
The documents in this list may not work with all assistive technology and are being remediated. For alternative formats, please email Behavioral Health and Recovery Services or phone 415-473-6769. To use the California relay service, dial 711.
- CY 25-26 State-Marin Integrated BHP Contract.pdf (4.43 MB) — CY 2025-2026 State - Marin Integrated BHP Contract
- FY 26-28 SUBG Enclosures 2-4.pdf (0.61 MB) — FY 2026-2028 SUBG Enclosures 2-4
- FY 22-25 DHCS SUBG Performance Contract.pdf (6.00 MB) — FY 2022-2025 DHCS SUBG Performance Contract
- SABG Contract Exhibit E.pdf (1.67 MB) — SABG Contract - Exhibit E
- FY 22-24 SABG Enclosures 2-5 (Merged).pdf (1.15 MB) — SABG Contract Enclosures
Policies, procedures and manuals
This section includes clinical, administrative, and compliance resources used by providers to meet program and regulatory requirements. Available materials include Manuals that reflect local, state and federal regulations, standards and practice guidelines, and BHRS substance use policies and procedures.
Manuals
- Clinical and Administrative Practice Guidelines
- DHCS Certification for AOD Programs
- DMC Certification Standards
- Adolescent Best Practices Guide (Oct 2020)
- Perinatal-Practice-Guidelines 2024
- SABG Minimum Quality Treatment Standards
- CLAS Standards
- Counselor Certification Regulations
- SUBG Policy Manual
- Trafficking Victims and Protection Act 2000
- Sober Living Standards
- Recovery Residence Admission Criteria
- DHCS DATAR Manual
- Data Quality Standards June 2023
- Primary Prevention Data Quality Standards
BHRS Policies and Procedures
- BHRS-03 Charitable Choice Requirements
- BHRS-06 Serious Incident Reporting
- BHRS-19 Member Grievance and Appeal
- BHRS-24 SUS Monitoring.pdf
- BHRS-25 DMC-ODS Documentation Requirements
- BHRS-26 SUS Medical Necessity and Level Of Care
- BHRS-27 Excluded and Ineligible Provider Screening
- BHRS-28 Provider Credentialing and Re-Credentialing
- BHRS-29 Service Verification
- BHRS-33 Notice of Adverse Benefit Determination (NOAB)
- BHRS-35 Beneficiary Informing Materials
- BHRS-37 Centralized Access To Care
- BHRS-43 Physical Accessibility of Services
- BHRS-44 Network Adequacy Monitoring
- BHRS-45 Out of Network Access
- BHRS-46 Timely Access of Service
- BHRS-51 Voluntary Reporting of Overpayments & Disclosure of Material Deficiencies
- BHRS-57 Cultural Competence Policy
- BHRS-58 Continuity of Care and Transition of Care for Medi-Cal Beneficiaries
- BHRS-59 Interim Services
- BHRS-60 Adolescent and Youth Treatment
- BHRS-65 Provision of TB services
- BHRS-66 Perinatal Services
- BHRS-67 HIV Intervention Services
- BHRS-68 CalOMS Treatment Policy
- BHRS-70 Primary Prevention Services
- BHRS-71 Trafficking Victims Protection Act
- BHRS-72 SUS Medication Practices
- BHRS-74 Training and Continuing Education
- BHRS-75 Compliance with Single Audit Requirements....
- BHRS-77 SUS Residential Authorization.pdf
- BHRS-81 Use of EHR.pdf
- BHRS-83 Selective Provider Contracting Requirements
- BHRS-97 Service Delivery Practice Guidelines
- BHRS-120 IBHP Criteria and Access to Services
- Policy Memo - Use of CA-ASAM
- Policy Memo - SUD Residential Authorizations
- Policy Memo - NOABDs in SmartCare
- NOABD Procedures - Providers Not Using SmartCare Functionality
- Monthly Provider Attestation Procedure (Updated Manual)
- Medi-Cal Share of Cost Procedures
- SUD Clients Missing Data Procedure and Checklist
- Timeliness Entry and Monitoring Procedure
- CalOMS Reporting, Agency and Administrative Guidance
- CalOMS Agency Training
- MAT Prescriber SmartCare Training and Procedure
- Care Coordination Procedures
Forms
Reporting resources support required contractor submissions and data quality practices. Available items include reporting forms, service authorization forms, provider attestations and sample templates.
- ADC Weekly Progress Report Form
- OAC Grant FY 25-26 Progress Report Template
- BHRS Contracted Agency Annual Attestation
- BHRS Network Providers Attestation Form
- Monthly Provider Attestation - Reporting
- BHRS Serious Incident Reporting Form
- NOABD Provider Log
- Staff User Access Form
- Recovery Residence Authorization Requests
- Initial TAR – SUS Residential
- TAR SUS – Continuing and Extension
- Code of Conduct Template
- Participant Rights Template
- Personnel File Checklist
- BHRS Utilization Review Tool
Contractor meetings
Contractors can also access presentation materials from Substance Use Services provider meetings and annual trainings. These meeting resources help providers stay current on program updates, operational requirements, and implementation guidance.
- 2.11.2026 DMC-ODS Provider Meeting
- 1.14.2026 DMC-ODS Provider Meeting
- 12.10.2025 DMC-ODS Provider Meeting
- 11.12.2025 DMC-ODS and SUBG Annual Training
- 10.8.2025 DMC-ODS Provider Meeting
- 9.10.2025 DMC-ODS Provider Meeting
- 8.13.2025 DMC-ODS Provider Meeting
- 6.11.2025 DMC-ODS Provider Meeting
- 5.14.2025 DMC-ODS Provider Meeting
- 4.9.2025 DMC-ODS Provider Meeting
- 3.12.2025 DMC-ODS Provider Meeting
- 2.12.2025 DMC-ODS Provider Meeting
- 1.8.2025 DMC-ODS Provider Meeting
Support and contact information
If there is a resource not listed that would help support service delivery, contractors should contact their contract manager as identified in their agreement with the County.