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Consider recommendations regarding a First Amendment to the Service Agreement for Mental Health and Other Supportive Services with Telecare Corporation for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2022-2024, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a First Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Telecare Corporation (a local vendor) (BC 22-031) to update language in the Statement of Work for Santa Maria Adults/Older Adults Full Service Partnership services, add client expense funds for Full Service Partnerships and client board and care funds, implement California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) Behavioral Health Payment Reform changes, add contingency cost settlement provisions for FY 2023-2024, and to increase the contract maximum amount for FY 2022-2023 by $196,167.00, and increase the FY 2023-2024 amount by $717,950.00, for a new total contract maximum not to exceed $12,760,117.00, inclusive of $6,119,167.00 for FY 2022-2023 and $6,640,950.00 for FY 2023-2024, for the period of July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2024;
b) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to incorporate new codes and make fee-for-service rate changes or updates and to reimburse on a cost reimbursement basis for Medi-Cal fee-for-service programs per Exhibit B Mental Health Services as to each agreement enumerated above under Recommended Action a; and
c) Determine that the above action is a government funding mechanism or other government fiscal activity, which does not involve any commitment to any specific project that may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment and is therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines.