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Consider recommendations regarding a Behavioral Wellness Healthcare Recruitment and Staffing Renewal Contract with Jackson and Coker LocumTenens, LLC for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2022-2024, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the multiyear Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Jackson and Coker LocumTenens, LLC (not a local vendor) for the provision of locum tenens psychiatry services for FYs 2022-2024 for a total Agreement maximum amount not to exceed $1,400,000.00 with an annual Agreement total up to $700,000.00 for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024;
b) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to make immaterial changes to the Agreements per Section 25 of the Agreement; and amend Exhibit A-2 (Statement of Work) and Exhibit B-1 (Schedule of Fees) of the Agreement to add positions and/or approve rate changes not to exceed 10% of the rate currently stated in Exhibit B-1, subject to the procedures set forth in Exhibit B, Section 2 without returning to the Board with a separate amendment if the maximum contract amount is unchanged, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegation at any time; and
c) 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 significant 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.