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Consider recommendations regarding the Behavioral Wellness Alcohol and Drug Program -Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-2021 Service Contracts, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County, (FSA) (a local vendor), to deliver substance use disorder services under DMC-ODS, for a multi-year total contract not to exceed $1,517,062.00 for the period December 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc. (Tarzana) (not a local vendor), to deliver substance use disorder services under DMC-ODS, for a total multi-year contract not to exceed $1,829,201.00 for the period December 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021;
c) Authorize the Director of Behavioral Wellness to exercise, as needed, the County’s authority to terminate the above DMC-ODS contracts for convenience, cause, or nonappropriations, based on departmental operational needs or as directed by the state Department of Health Care Services, without returning to the Board of Supervisors; and
d) Determine that the above actions are organizational or administrative actions of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment, pursuant to section 15378(b)(5) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines.