A-17)
BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS DEPARTMENT
Consider recommendations regarding Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc. Fiscal Years (FYs)
2023-2027 Services Agreement for Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) Services, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent
Contractor with Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc. (Crestwood) (not a local vendor) for the
provision of CSU services primarily to Santa Barbara County Medi-Cal beneficiaries experiencing
a psychiatric emergency or mental health crisis for a maximum contract amount not to exceed
$22,192,530.00, inclusive of $2,482,530.00 for FY 2023-2024, $6,570,000.00 for FY
2024-2025, $6,570,000.00 for FY 2025-2026, and $6,570,000.00 for FY 2026-2027, for the
period of March 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027;
b) Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to
provide County’s prior written consent for Crestwood to subcontract its obligations under the
Agreement per Section 18 of the Agreement and to obtain the concurrence of Risk Management,
Auditor-Controller, and County Counsel before exercising this authority;
c) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to
suspend, delay, or interrupt services under the Agreement for convenience per Section 20 of the
Agreement; make immaterial changes to the Agreement per Section 26; amend the program goals,
outcomes, and measures per Exhibit A-1, amend program staffing requirements per Exhibit A-2;
and reallocate funds between funding sources, increase the fee-for-service rate, and reallocate
between the contract allocations in Exhibit B-1 MHS to increase or decrease the incentive payment
with discretion per Exhibit B, all without altering the maximum contract amount and without
requiring the Board’s approval of an amendment of the Agreement, subject to the Board’s ability to
rescind this delegated authority at any time; and
d) Determine that the above actions are government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal
activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project that 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.
A motion was made by Supervisor Hartmann, seconded by Supervisor Nelson, that
this matter be acted on as follows:
a) Approved, ratified and authorized; Chair to execute;
b) Approved and authorized;
c) Delegated; and
d) Approved.
The motion carried by the following vote: