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Consider recommendations regarding agreements with the State of California Department of State Hospitals (DSH) and California Health and Recovery Solutions, P.C. (CHRS) for Jail-Based Competency Restoration Services, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Sheriff or his designee to execute an Agreement (No. 24-79004-000) with the State of California DSH accepting an amount not to exceed $5,733,606.50 for the duration of the Agreement (July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027) to provide a Jail-Based Competency Treatment (JBCT) program within the Sheriff’s Office Main Jail Facility;
b) Delegate to the Sheriff or designee the authority to execute Contractor Certification Clauses, California Civil Rights Laws Attachment, Darfur Contracting Act Certification, and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Disclosure and Fact Sheet pursuant to the Agreement with DSH;
c) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement with CHRS for JBCT program services beginning July 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025, in an amount not to exceed $1,036,461.75;
d) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement with CHRS for Early Access Stabilization Services (EASS) beginning September 1, 2022 through March 31, 2025, to include cost reimbursement to the County for Custody services provided to support the EASS program in an amount not to exceed $999,999.99;
e) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the County and CHRS for EASS beginning September 1, 2022 through March 31, 2025; and
f) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities or funding mechanisms which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant 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.