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Consider recommendations regarding an Amendment to Mental Health Services (MHS) Agreements for Contingency Payment, Contingency Cost Settlement, Medicare Practitioner Billing and Fee Changes, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness to execute agreements amending the Mental Health provider Agreements for Services of Independent Contractor listed below in form and content substantially similar to the template to add contingency payment and contingency cost settlement provisions and to incorporate changes for Medicare practitioner billing and State rate changes, with no change to the maximum contract amounts:
i) Community Action Commission dba CommUnify Fiscal Years (FYs) 2022-2025 (BC No. 22-014);
ii) Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse FYs 2023-2027 (BC No. 23-091);
iii) Family Service Agency FYs 2023-2027 (BC No. 23-125);
iv) Good Samaritan Shelter, Inc. FYs 2023-2027 (BC No. 23-087);
v) PathPoint FYs 2022-2025 (BC No. 22-008); and
vi) Psynergy FY 2023-2024 (BC No. 23-124);
b) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to incorporate new codes and make fee-for-service rate changes or updates and to reimburse on a cost reimbursement basis for Medi-Cal fee-for-service programs per Exhibit B MHS as to each agreement enumerated above under Recommended Action a; and
c) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities or funding mechanisms that do not involve any commitment to any specific project that may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment and are therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines.