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Consider recommendations regarding Sylmar Health and Rehabilitation Center, Inc., CF Merced Behavioral, LLC, and Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc. Fiscal Years (FYs) 2023-2026 Services Agreement Renewals for Institutions for Mental Disease and Skilled Nursing Facility Services, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Sylmar Health and Rehabilitation Center, Inc. (not a local vendor) for the provision of mental health services and residential treatment services for a total maximum contract amount not to exceed $3,240,000.00, inclusive of $1,050,000.00 for FY 2023-2024, $1,080,000.00 for FY 2024-2025, and $1,110,000.00 for FY 2025-2026, for the period of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026;
b) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with CF Merced Behavioral, LLC dba Merced Behavioral Center (not a local vendor) for the provision of mental health services and residential treatment services for a total maximum contract amount not to exceed $1,305,000.00, inclusive of $435,000.00 per FY, for the period of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026;
c) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc. (not a local vendor) for the provision of mental health services and residential treatment services for a total maximum contract amount not to exceed $1,800,000.00, inclusive of $580,000.00 for FY 2023-2024, $600,000.00 for FY 2024-2025, and $620,000.00 for FY 2025-2026, for the period of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026;
d) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to suspend, delay, or interrupt services under the Agreement for convenience and make immaterial changes to the Agreement per Sections 20 and 26 of the Agreements, amend the program goals, outcomes, and measures per the Exhibits E, and authorize, in writing, changes to the rates, per the Exhibit B-1s all without altering the maximum contract amount and without requiring the Board’s approval of an amendment of each Agreement, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and
e) Determine that the above actions are government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities, which do not involve any commitment to any specific project that 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.