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Consider recommendations regarding Behavioral Wellness’ Mental Health (MH) agreements amendments for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-2017, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness to execute amendments to the Behavioral Wellness’ MH agreements in accordance with the template amendment, to eliminate the County Maximum Allowable (CMA) rate for FY 2016-2017, but with no change to the maximum contract amounts, for the following MH providers:
i) Casa Pacifica - FY 2016-2017 First Amendment;
ii) Child Abuse Listening and Mediation, Inc. - FY 2016-2017 First Amendment;
iii) Community Action Commission - FY 2016-2019 First Amendment;
iv) Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse - FY 2016-2017 Third Amendment;
v) Family Service Agency - FY 2016-2017 Second Amendment;
vi) Good Samaritan Shelter, Inc. - FY 2016-2017 Fourth Amendment;
vii) PathPoint - FY 2016-2019 First Amendment;
viii) Telecare Corporation - FY 2016-2019 First Amendment; and
ix) Transitions Mental Health Association - FY 2016-2017 First Amendment; and
b) Determine that these activities are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), as government organizational or administrative activities that do not involve commitment to a specific project that may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.