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Consider recommendations regarding a Resolution for the Designation of Dignity Health dba Marian Regional Medical Center Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) as Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) 5150 Facility and First Amendment to Agreement BC 21-084 for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2021-2024, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution designating Dignity Health dba Marian Regional Medical Center (Marian) (a local vendor) CSU as an LPS Welfare and Institutions Code section 5150 (5150) facility;
b) Concur with the execution of a letter to the California Department of Health Care Services requesting approval of the County designation of Dignity Health dba Marian Regional Medical Center Crisis Stabilization Unit as an LPS 5150 facility that is substantially similar to the draft provided in;
c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the First Amendment to the Agreement with Dignity Health dba Marian Regional Medical Center, BC 21-084, to add LPS 5150 services and update language for compliance with county, state, and federal requirements, with no change to the Agreement maximum of $4,800,000.00 ($1,600,000.00 annually), for the period of July 13, 2021 through June 30, 2024;
d) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to provide County's written consent for Marian to subcontract its obligations under the Agreement per Section 18 of the Agreement; make immaterial changes to the Agreement per Section 26 of the Agreement; amend the staffing levels to reallocate between funding sources in the year-end cost settlement; and amend the program goals, outcomes, and measures per Exhibit E of the Agreement, all without altering the Maximum Contract Amount and without requiring formal amendment of the Agreement by the Board, subject to the Board's ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and
e) Determine that the above actions are government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities, which do not involve any com...
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