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Consider recommendations regarding a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Santa Barbara San Luis Obispo Regional Health Authority DBA CenCal Health, regarding sharing the costs of residential care and partial hospitalization of Medi-Cal members with eating disorders for part of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-2024 and through FY 2029-2030, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness, or designee, to execute an MOU with Santa Barbara San Luis Obispo Regional Health Authority DBA CenCal Health, effective upon date of execution regarding sharing the costs of residential care and partial hospitalization of Medi-Cal members with eating disorders for the period of January 1, 2024, through June 30, 2030, resulting in an estimated multi-year payment from CenCal Health to Behavioral Wellness of $1,200,000.00, inclusive of an estimated $100,000.00 in FY 2023-2024, an estimated $200,000.00 per FY for FYs 2024-2025 through 2028-2029, and an estimated $100,000.00 in FY 2029-2030;
b) Approve and authorize the Director of Behavioral Wellness to extend the MOU one time for an additional five-year period under the same terms, covenants, and conditions ending June 30, 2035; and
c) Determine that the above-recommended action is 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 action is a governmental funding mechanism and/or fiscal activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.