BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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Agenda
August 29, 2023
BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS DEPARTMENT
Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor
with Vista Pacifica Enterprises, Inc. for the provision of mental health services and
residential treatment services, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of
Independent Contractor with Vista Pacifica Enterprises, Inc., (not a local vendor), an
Institution for Mental Disease and skilled nursing facility for the provision of mental health
services and residential treatment services for a total contract amount not to exceed
$4,575,000.00; inclusive of $1,475,000.00 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-2024, $1,525,000.00
for FY 2024-2025, and $1,575,000.00 for FY 2025-2026, for the period July 1, 2023 through
June 30, 2026;
b) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the
authority to suspend, delay, or interrupt the services under the Agreement for convenience per
Section 20 of the Agreement and make immaterial changes to the Agreement per Section 26
of the Agreement, adjust the Maximum Daily Rate per Exhibit B-1, and amend the program
goals, outcomes, and measures per Exhibit E, 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
c) 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.
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BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS DEPARTMENT
Consider recommendations regarding Sylmar Health and Rehabilitation Center, Inc., CF
Merced Behavioral, LLC, and Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc. Fiscal Years (FYs)
2023-2026 Services Agreement Renewals for Institutions for Mental Disease and Skilled
Nursing Facility Services, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of
Independent Contractor with Sylmar Health and Rehabilitation Center, Inc. (not a local
vendor) for the provision of mental health services and residential treatment services for a
total maximum contract amount not to exceed $3,240,000.00, inclusive of $1,050,000.00 for
FY 2023-2024, $1,080,000.00 for FY 2024-2025, and $1,110,000.00 for FY 2025-2026, for
the period of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026;
b) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of
Independent Contractor with CF Merced Behavioral, LLC dba Merced Behavioral Center
(not a local vendor) for the provision of mental health services and residential treatment
services for a total maximum contract amount not to exceed $1,305,000.00, inclusive of
$435,000.00 per FY, for the period of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026;