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Consider recommendations regarding Mental Health Association in Santa Barbara County, Inc. dba Mental Wellness Center Fiscal Years (FYs) 2021-2024 Third Amendment and FYs 2024-2026 Renewal Services Agreement for Mental Health Services, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a Third Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Mental Health Association in Santa Barbara County, Inc. dba Mental Wellness Center for FYs 2021-2024 (BC 21-033) to add contingency payment and cost settlement provisions, and to incorporate changes for Medicare Practitioner billing and California Department of health Care Services rate changes, with no change to the maximum contract amount of $8,267,006.00, inclusive of $2,152,751.00 for FY 2021-2022, $2,642,030.00 for FY 2022-2023, and $3,472,225.00 for FY 2023-2024, for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024;
i) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority with respect to the FYs 2021-2024 Agreement to (i) amend program services and staffing as provided in the Exhibit As; (ii) make immaterial changes to each such Agreement as provided in Section 25; (iii) reallocate funds between funding sources, increase the daily bed rate, and incorporate new codes and make fee-for-service rate changes or updates and to reimburse on a cost reimbursement basis for Medi-Cal fee-for-service programs, reallocate between contract allocations for the incentive payment, and activate the contingency payment provisions per Exhibit Bs; and (iv) amend the Program goals, outcomes, and measures as provided in Exhibit E without requiring the Board’s approval, without changes to the maximum contract amount or the Term of the Agreement, and subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Mental Health Association in Santa Barbara County, Inc. dba Mental Wellness Center (a local vendor), on behalf of the Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness, for the provision of certain mental health services, for a total maximum contract amount of $7,328,690.00 for the period from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026 and shall not exceed $3,664,345.00 for FY 2024-2025 and $3,664,345.00 for FY 2025-2026;
i) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority with respect to the FYs 2024-2026 Agreement to (i) suspend, delay, or interrupt the services for convenience as provided in Section 20, (ii) make immaterial changes as provided in Section 26; (iii) amend program services and staffing as provided in the Exhibit As; (iv) change the service location per Exhibit A-6, section 1; (v) reallocate funds between funding sources, increase the daily bed rate, and incorporate new codes and make fee-for-service rate changes or updates and to reimburse on a cost reimbursement basis for Medi-Cal fee-for-service programs, reallocate between contract allocations for the incentive payment, and activate the contingency payment provisions per Exhibit Bs; and (vi) amend the Program goals, outcomes, and measures as provided in Exhibit E of each Agreement and without requiring the Board’s approval, without changes to the maximum contract amount or the Term of the Agreement, and subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and
c) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities or funding mechanisms that 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.