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Consider recommendations regarding the Services Agreement with New Way Group Home for Mental Health Services (MHS) for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2025-2027, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with New Way Group Home (not a local vendor) for the provision of Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP) services for the period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027, for a total maximum contract amount not to exceed $842,744.00, inclusive of $421,372.00 for FY 2025-2026, and $421,372.00 for FY 2026-2027, and inclusive of $100,000.00 under Purchase Order CN11743, but which otherwise cancels, nullifies, and supersedes Purchase Order No. CN11743;
b) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to (i) make immaterial changes to the Agreement per Section 25 of the Agreement; (ii) authorize the Contractor to provide additional services per Section 4 of Exhibit A-1 MHS of the Agreement; (iii) amend the program goals, outcomes, and measures per Section 15 of Exhibit A-1 MHS of the Agreement and per subsection 5.B.4. of Section III of Exhibit AA Alcohol Drug Program/Mental Health Services (ADP/MHS) General Provisions of the Agreement; (iv) suspend, delay, or interrupt the services under the Agreement for convenience per subsection 1.F. of Section I of Exhibit AA ADP/MHS General Provisions of the Agreement; (v) reallocate funds between funding sources per subsection D.1. of Section 1 of Exhibit B ADP/MHS General Financial Provisions of the Agreement; (vi) incorporate new codes and make fee-for-service rate changes to Exhibit B-1 and B-3 MHS per subsection B.2. of Section 3 of Exhibit B ADP/MHS General Financial Provisions of the Agreement; (vii) make rate changes to or otherwise update Exhibit B-1 and B-3 MHS for multi-year contracts annually per subsection B.3. of Section 3 of Exhibit B ADP/MHS General Financial Provisions of the Agreement; (viii) approve funding that cannot be moved between programs by Contractor and reserve the right to reallocate between programs in the year-end settlement per Section 6.A. of Exhibit B ADP/MHS General Financial Provisions of the Agreement; (ix) withhold payment for non-submission of service data and other information per subsection 7.D. of Exhibit B ADP/MHS General Financial Provisions of the Agreement; and (x) deny or withhold payment for unsatisfactory clinical documentation per subsection 7.E. of Exhibit B ADP/MHS General Financial Provisions of the Agreement; all without altering the maximum contract amount and without requiring the Board of Supervisors’ approval of an amendment of the Agreement, subject to the Board of Supervisors’ ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and
c) Determine that the above-recommended actions are not a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4), finding that the actions are governmental funding mechanisms and/or fiscal activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.