5704781 Resolution 21-242, Contract No. DHCF-2013-C-0137 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015

A RESOLUTION

 

21-242

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

October 6, 2015

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve multiyear Contract No. DHCF-2013-C-0137 with Magellan Medicaid Administration to provide pharmacy benefit management services on behalf of the District of Columbia for eligible Medicaid beneficiaries.

 

            RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Contract No. DHCF-2013-C-0137 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015”.

 

            Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to approve a multiyear contract with Magellan Medicaid Administration to provide pharmacy benefit management services to eligible Medicaid beneficiaries on behalf of the District of Columbia.

            (b)  This multiyear contract with Magellan Medicaid Administration is in the not- to-exceed amount of $11,576,181.22, for a base period of 3 years from the date of award, with 2 additional option years.

            (c)  Approval is necessary to allow the District to receive the benefit of these vital services in a timely manner from Magellan Medicaid Administration.  Without this approval, Magellan Medicaid Administration cannot be paid for services provided in excess of $1 million during the proposed period of performance.

 

            Sec. 3.  The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Contract No. DHCF-2013-C-0137 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2015 be adopted after a single reading.

 

            Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.