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Consider recommendations regarding the California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA) Healthcare Effectiveness Data Information Sets (HEDIS) Performance Measurement Program Participation Agreement (PA) for Fiscal Years 2025-2029, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute the multi-year PA (11635-SB-QM-25_26), with CalMHSA for the HEDIS Performance Measurement Program for Measurement Year (MY) 2025 and Reporting Year (RY 2026), for a maximum contract amount of $60,750.00, from January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2029;
b) Approve the Budget Revision Request No. 0010898, increasing appropriations of $30,375.00, in the Behavioral Wellness Department, Mental Health Services Fund, for services and supplies by an increase in Cost Reimbursement Federal billing and State sources;
c) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to adjust Program timeliness and technical requirements per Exhibit A of the Agreement and approve additional analysis of HEDIS data per Exhibit B, all without altering the terms of the Agreement or maximum agreement amount and without requiring the Board’s approval of an amendment of the Agreement, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and
d) Determine that the above actions are a government funding mechanism or other government fiscal activity that does not involve any commitment to any specific project that may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment to and is therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines.