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Consider recommendations regarding Aegis Treatment Centers, LLC First Amendment to the Fiscal Years (FYs) 2023-2027 Services Agreement for Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) Services, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a First Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Aegis Treatment Centers, LLC (not a local vendor) (BC No. 23-074) to amend terms concerning Overdose Prevention Training and Medical Necessity Determination; to add Medication Unit services; and to increase the contract amount by $1,629,000.00 for the provision of higher than anticipated services for a revised total maximum contract amount of $21,702,600.00, inclusive of $5,325,900.00 for FY 2023-2024 and $5,458,900.00 thereafter for each of FY 2024-2025, FY 2025-2026, and FY 2026-2027, for the period of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2027;
b) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authorities listed below, all without altering the maximum contract amount and without requiring the Board's approval of an amendment of the Agreement, subject to the Board's ability to rescind these delegated authorities at any time:
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) Reallocate funds between funding sources and make changes to the service rates per Exhibit B of the Agreement;
iv) Deny or withhold payment for services for unsatisfactory clinical documentation or non-submission of service data or other information per Exhibit B of the Agreement; and
v) Amend the program goals, outcomes, and measures per Exhibit E of the Agreement; and
c) Determine that the above recommended actions are government fiscal activities or funding mechanisms that do not involve any commitment to any specific project that may result in a potentially...
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