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Consider recommendations regarding a First Amendment to the Healthcare Recruitment and Staffing Agreement with Traditions Psychology Group, Inc. dba Traditions Behavioral Health for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2020-2022 and a Renewal Agreement for FYs 2022-2024, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a First Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Traditions Psychology Group, Inc. dba Traditions Behavioral Health (not a local vendor) BC 20-010 to add $50,000.00 in funds to FY 2021-2022 due to the unanticipated need for additional locum tenens psychiatric services and to update language in the Agreement for compliance with County, State, and Federal regulations, for a maximum agreement amount not to exceed $3,394,000.00 inclusive of $1,672,00.00 for FY 2020-2021 and $1,722,000.00 for FY 2021-2022, 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 psychiatry services in FYs 2022-2024, for a maximum agreement amount not to exceed $3,600,000.00 inclusive of $1,800,000.00 annually, for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024;
c) 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 Agreements, all without returning to the Board with a separate amendment, so long as the maximum agreement amounts are unchanged, and subject to the Board’s ability 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 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.