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Consider recommendations regarding a Behavioral Wellness Institutions for Mental Disease First Amendment to the Agreement with Vista Pacifica Enterprises, Inc. Fiscal Years (FYs) 2020-2023, as follows:
a) Approve, and authorize the Chair to execute a First Amended Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Vista Pacifica Enterprises, Inc., a California corporation (not a local vendor) (BC 20-152), to add Restoration to Competency services and corresponding rates; amend the daily facility rates and rate setting provisions in accordance with AB 1629; allows the County to suspend, delay, or interrupt the services under the Agreement for convenience; updates language for continued compliance with federal and state requirements; reallocates funds between funding sources or programs; allows for rates other than the per diem rates for special circumstances during the term of the Agreement, all with no change to the total maximum contract amount not to exceed $4,200,000.00, inclusive of $1,400,000.00 per fiscal year, for the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023;
b) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to make immaterial changes to the Agreements; suspend, delay, or interrupt the services under the Agreement for convenience per Section 41 of the Agreement; reallocate funds between funding sources or programs or agree to rates other than the per diem rates for special circumstances during the term of the Agreements as long as there is no change to the maximum contract amounts; and amend the program goals, outcomes, and measures in Exhibits E of the Agreements, all without requiring formal amendment thereto and subject to the Board's authority to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and
c) Determine that the above action is a government funding mechanism or other government fiscal activity, which does not involve any commitment to any specific project that may result in a potentially ...
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