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Consider recommendations regarding The Salvation Army Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) Fiscal Years 2018-2021 Service Contract, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with The Salvation Army Southern California Division (Salvation Army) (a local vendor), to deliver substance use disorder services under the DMC-ODS, for a multi-year contract total not to exceed $4,171,576.00 for the period March 1, 2019 through June 30, 2021 (DMC-ODS Contract);
b) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Director of Behavioral Wellness to terminate Salvation Army’s ADP portion of its FY 2018-2019 contract (BC17035) with no change to the mental health portion of the contract effective February 28, 2019;
c) Authorize the Director of Behavioral Wellness to exercise, as needed, the County’s authority to terminate the DMC-ODS Contract for convenience, cause, or non-appropriations, based on departmental operational needs or as directed by the state Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), without returning to the Board of Supervisors; and
d) Determine that the above actions are organizational or administrative actions of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment, pursuant to section 15378(b)(5) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines.