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Consider recommendations regarding the renewal of Mental Health Staffing Services Agreements with DocStar Medical Partners LLC for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2025, Locumtenens.com LLC for FY 2024-2025, Sterling Care Psychiatric Group, Inc. for FY 2024-2026, and Barton Medical, Inc. for FY 2024-2025, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with DocStar Medical Partners LLC (not a local vendor) for the provision of locum tenens psychiatry, nursing, and physician assistant temporary staffing services for a total maximum contract amount not to exceed $500,000.00 for the period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with LocumTenens.com LLC (not a local vendor) for the provision of locum tenens psychiatry temporary staffing services for a total maximum contract amount not to exceed $1,700,000.00 for the period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025;
c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a multi-year Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Sterling Care Psychiatric Group, Inc. (not a local vendor) for the provision of locum tenens psychiatry and nursing temporary staffing services for a total maximum contract amount not to exceed $3,000,000.00, inclusive of $1,500,000.00 per FY, for the period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026;
d) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Barton Medical, Inc. (not a local vendor) for the provision of locum tenens psychiatry, nursing, and physician assistant temporary staffing services for FY 2024-2025, for a total contract maximum amount not to exceed $1,200,000.00 for the period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025;
e) Regarding the above Agreements at Recommended Actions a) through d), delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to suspend, delay, or interrupt the services under the Agreements for convenience per Section 20 of the Agreements and make immaterial changes to the Agreements per Section 26, all without altering the maximum contract amount and without requiring the Board’s approval of an amendment of the Agreements, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time;
f) Regarding the above Barton Agreement, delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to make immaterial changes and add positions and/or approve rate changes not to exceed 10% of the rate currently stated in the respective Exhibit B-1 per Section 25 of the Agreement, all without altering the maximum contract amount and without requiring the Board’s approval of an amendment of the Agreement, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and
g) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities or funding mechanisms, which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment and are therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines.