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Consider recommendations regarding the Helios Healthcare, LLC d.b.a. Idylwood Care Center (Helios) Services Agreement for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Services for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2024-2027, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Helios (not a local vendor) for the provision of SNF services for the period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027, for a total maximum contract amount not to exceed $700,000.00, inclusive of $300,000.00 for FY 2024-2025, $200,000.00 for FY 2025-2026, and $200,000.00 for FY 2026-2027, and inclusive of $200,000.00 under Purchase Order CN9061, but which otherwise cancels, nullifies, and supersedes Purchase Order CN9061;
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 as provided in Section 20 of the Agreement; (ii) make immaterial changes to the Agreement as provided in Section 26 of the Agreement; (iii) amend the Program goals, outcomes, and measures as provided in Exhibit A-1 Paragraph 4.A.4 and Exhibit E of the Agreement; (iv) reallocate funds between funding sources as provided in Section I.E of Exhibit B of the Agreement; (v) deny or withhold payment for services for unsatisfactory clinical documentation or non-submission of service data and other information per Exhibit B; and (vi) increase the supplemental rate as provided in Exhibit B-1 of the Agreement; all without altering the maximum contract amount and without requiring the Board of Supervisors' approval of an amendment of the Agreement, subject to the Board of Supervisors' 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 th...
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