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Consider recommendations regarding Fiscal Years (FYs) 2021-2024 Contract Termination with Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc. and FYs 2023-2027 New Services Agreement with Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc. (Tarzana) for Alcohol and Drug Programs, as follows:
a) Approve, authorize, and ratify the termination of the FYs 2021-2024 Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Tarzana (BC-20281) for convenience, effective June 30, 2023, to enter into a new services agreement with Tarzana as set forth below in Recommended Action B following the award of the California Department of Healthcare Services (DHCS) Drug-Medi-Cal Residential Treatment Services for FYs 2023-2027 to Tarzana;
i) Direct the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to issue a letter to Tarzana terminating the FYs 2021-2024 Agreement that is substantially similar to the draft provided; and
ii) Delegate authority to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to take actions necessary for the winddown of the FYs 2021-2024 Agreement, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time;
b) Approve, authorize, and ratify the Chair to execute a FYs 2023-2027 Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Tarzana, a California Corporation (not a local vendor), for the provision of Residential Treatment Services to assist clients to obtain sobriety, for a total maximum contract amount not to exceed $4,568,400.00 for FYs 2023-2027, inclusive of $1,142,100.00 for FY 2023-2024, $1,142,100.00 for FY 2024-2025, $1,142,100.00 for FY 2025-2026, and $1,142,100.00 for FY 2026-2027, for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027;
i) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to suspend, delay, or interrupt services under the FYs 2023-2027 Agreement for convenience per Section 20 of the Agreement; make immaterial changes to the Agreement per Section 26; amend the program goals, outcomes, and measures per Exhibit E; and reallocate funds during the term of the Agreement per Exhibits B and B-1, 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
c) Determine that the above action is a government funding mechanism or other government fiscal activity that does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment and is therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines.