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Consider recommendations regarding the Department of State Hospitals (DSH) Third Amendment to the Pre-Trial Felony Mental Health Diversion Program Grant Agreement Fiscal Years (FYs) 2019-2025, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness, or designee, to execute the Third Amendment to the multi-year grant agreement with DSH, Agreement (No. 19-79011-000 A3), to remove the right to amend this agreement for any additional terms; to add requirements regarding County’s use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in the execution of this contract; and to extend the term of the agreement for six months with no change to the total maximum agreement amount of $5,714,500.00 for a revised period of January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2025;
b) Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness, or designee, to accept subsequent reports pursuant to Exhibit A, Section 6.D of the DSH Grant Agreement and make immaterial amendments that do not change the contract amount or substantive terms of the DSH Grant Agreement; 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.