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Consider recommendations regarding a First Amendment to the Behavioral Wellness Staffing Contract with Jackson and Coker LocumTenens, LLC, Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-2022, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the First Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Jackson and Coker LocumTenens, LLC (BC 21-030) (not a local vendor), to update the agreement to add infectious control language for inpatient services in accordance with County, State, and Federal requirements; add hourly rates for inpatient locum tenens staff; and increase the Agreement amount by $170,000.00 for FY 2021-2022, for a new total Maximum Agreement Value not to exceed $820,000.00 for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022;
b) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to make immaterial changes to the Agreements per Section 25 of the Agreements; amend Exhibit A (Statement of Work) and Exhibit B-1 (Schedule of Fees) of the Agreement to add positions and/or approve rate changes not to exceed 10% of the rate currently stated in Exhibit B-1, subject to the procedures set forth in Exhibit B, Section 2, without returning to the Board with a separate amendment, so long as the total contract maximum is unchanged, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegation at any time; and
c) Determine that the above actions are government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities, which do 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.