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Consider recommendations regarding Mental Health Staffing Services Amendments, Fiscal year (FY) 2023-2024, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a Second Amendment relative to an existing Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor between LocumTenens.com LLC (not a local vendor), and the County (BC 22-077), on behalf of the Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness (BWell), to increase the Maximum Agreement Value by $250,000.00 for FY 2023-2024 due to increased need for temporary staffing services, for a new total Maximum Agreement Value for FY 2023-2024 not to exceed $1,450,000.00, and a new total Maximum Agreement Value not to exceed $3,150,000.00 for the period from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024;
b) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a First Amendment relative to an existing Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor between DocStar Medical Partners LLC (not a local vendor), and the County (BC 22-102), on behalf of BWell, to increase the Maximum Contract Amount by $120,000.00 for FY 2023-2024 due to increased need for temporary staffing services, for a new total Maximum Contract Amount for FY 2023-2024 not to exceed $520,000.00, and a new total Maximum Contract Amount not to exceed $1,186,000.00 for the period from November 22, 2021 to June 30, 2024;
c) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a Second Amendment relative to an existing Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor between Amergis Healthcare Staffing, Inc. (formerly known as Maxim Healthcare Staffing Services, Inc.) (not a local vendor), and the County (BC 23-002), on behalf of BWell, to increase the Contract Maximum amount by $430,000.00 for FY 2023-2024 due to increased need for temporary staffing services, for a new total Contract Maximum amount for FY 2023-2024 not to exceed $1,430,000.00, and a new total Contract Maximum amount not to exceed $2,430,000.00 for the period from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025. Such amendment will also authorize a change in name by the contractor from Maxim Healthcare Staffing Services, Inc. to Amergis Healthcare Staffing, Inc.;
d) Delegate to the Director of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to suspend each Agreement per Section 20 of each Agreement and make immaterial changes to each Agreement per Section 26 of each Agreement, all without altering the Maximum Agreement Value, Maximum Contract Amount, or Contract Maximum amount (as applicable) and without requiring the Board’s approval of an amendment of each Agreement, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegation at any time; and
e) 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.