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Consider recommendations regarding a Services Agreement for mental health and other supportive services with PathPoint, Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with PathPoint (a local vendor) for the provision of mental health and residential supported services, for a total maximum contract amount not to exceed $3,731,838.00, for the period of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026;
b) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to (i) suspend, delay, or interrupt the services under the Agreement for convenience per Section 20 of the Agreement, (ii) make immaterial changes to the Agreement per Section 26 of the Agreement; (iii) authorize additional services per Exhibits A-2, A-5, and A-6 of the Agreement; (iv) reallocate funds between funding sources or programs with discretion per Exhibit B of the Agreement; adjust the provisional rate with discretion per Exhibit B of the Agreement; (v) incorporate new codes and make fee-for-service rate changes to Exhibit B-1 and B-3 Mental Health Services (MHS) (if applicable) and may rate changes to Exhibit B-1 and B-3 MHS (if applicable) for County’s operational reasons; (vi) and amend the goals, measures and outcomes in Exhibit E, all without altering the Maximum Contract Amount, subject to the Board’s 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.