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Consider recommendations regarding Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services (ADMHS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2015-2016 -Staffing Contract Amendments, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Fifth Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Medical Doctor Associates (not a local vendor), to extend the term and to increase the hourly rate of payment for locum tenens psychiatry services, for a total Contract maximum amount for Fiscal Year 2015-2016 not to exceed $850,000.00 for the period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Third Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc. (not a local vendor), for the provision of temporary nursing and medical coding services, for a total Contract maximum amount for Fiscal Year 2015-2016 not to exceed $550,000.00 for the period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016;
c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with John L. Schaeffer, Inc (not a local vendor), for the provision of telepsychiatry services, to increase the total current year Contract amount by $40,000.00, for a new Contract that cancels, nullifies, and supersedes Purchase Order CN17214 with a total Contract amount for Fiscal Year 2014-2015 not to exceed $140,000.00 through June 30, 2015, and provides an amount for Fiscal Year 2015-2016 not to exceed $600,000.00 for the period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, for a total Contract maximum of $740,000.00 during the term of this agreement; and
d) 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 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....
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