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Consider recommendations a Service Contract Renewal with Aegis Treatment Centers, LLC Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) Fiscal Years (FYs) 2021-2024 Service Contract Renewal, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Aegis Treatment Centers, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (not a local vendor), for the provision of substance use disorder services for adult clients, for a total Maximum Contract Amount not to exceed $12,600,000.00 inclusive of $4,200,000.00 for FY 2021-2022, $4,200,000.00 for FY 2022-2023, and $4,200,000.00 for FY 2023-2024, for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024;
b) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to make immaterial changes to the Agreement per section 26 of the Agreement; reallocate funds between funding sources with discretion per Exhibit B of the Agreement; adjust the provisional rate with discretion during the term of the Agreement per Exhibit B of the Agreement; and amend the program goals, outcomes, and measures per Exhibit E of the Agreement, all without altering the Maximum Contract Amount and without requiring formal amendment of the Agreement, 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, 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.