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Consider recommendations regarding a Santa Ynez Tribal Health Clinic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Traditional Health Care Practices for their Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2024-2027, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute the MOU with Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians on behalf of its Santa Ynez Tribal Health Clinic, a federally recognized Tribal Nation, for the provision of Traditional Health Care Practices to eligible Tribal Medi-Cal members for a total maximum contract amount not to exceed $2,115,200.00, inclusive of $230,100.00 for FY 2024-2025, $936,100.00 for FY 2025-2026 and $949,000.00 for FY 2026-2027, for the period of April 14, 2025, through December 31, 2026;
b) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to suspend, delay, or interrupt services, reallocate between funding sources and adjust service rates without increasing the contract maximum under the MOU per Section 19 and Section 25 of the MOU, and Exhibit B, Section I.B of the MOU, without requiring the Board of Supervisors’ approval of an amendment to the MOU, 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 that the actions are governmental funding mechanisms and/or fiscal activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.