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Consider recommendations regarding Behavioral Wellness Staffing Contract Renewals for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-2022 with LocumTenens.com LLC and Traditions Behavioral Health, Inc., as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a multi-year Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with LocumTenens.com, LLC (not a local vendor) for the provision of locum tenens psychiatry services for FY 2020-2021, for a total contract maximum amount not to exceed $1,800,000.00 inclusive of $900,000.00 annually for the period of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a multiyear Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Traditions Psychology Group, Inc., dba Traditions Behavioral Health (not a local vendor) for the provision of locum tenens psychiatry services, for a total contract maximum amount not to exceed $3,344,000.00 inclusive of $1,672,000.00 annually for the period of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022;
c) Approve and authorize the Behavioral Wellness Director (or designee) to amend the agreements for immaterial changes without returning to the Board with a separate amendment, subject to the Board’s authority to rescind this delegated authority at any time; 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 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.