A-9)
BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS DEPARTMENT
Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with
Telecare Corporation for the development of Housing Assistance and Retention Team (HART)
Peer Support Services, Fiscal Years (FYs) 2023-2026, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent
Contractor with Telecare Corporation (not a local vendor) for the development of HART Peer
Support Services starting at five permanent supportive housing facilities and expanding to 13
permanent supportive housing facilities countywide for a total maximum contract amount not to
exceed $3,482,288.00, inclusive of Start-Up costs of $284,856.00 for FY 2023-2024, and
program costs of $472,112.00 for FY 2023-2024, $1,166,968.00 for FY 2024-2025, and
$1,558,292.00 for FY 2025-2026, in Mental Health Services (MHS) Act funding for the period of
March 4, 2024, 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, make immaterial changes to the Agreement per Section 26, adjust the service
location(s) of the program per Exhibit A-2, adjust the program staffing requirements per Exhibit
A-2, reallocate funds between funding sources and programs per Exhibit B, reallocate between the
contract allocations in Exhibit B-1 MHS to increase or decrease the incentive payment per Exhibit
B, and amend 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 fiscal activities or funding mechanisms that do
not involve any commitment to any specific project that may result in 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 Williams,
that this matter be acted on as follows:
a) Approved, ratified and authorized; Chair to execute;
b) Delegated; and
c) Approved.
The motion carried by the following vote:
5 - Supervisor Williams, Supervisor Capps, Supervisor Hartmann,
Supervisor Nelson, and Supervisor Lavagnino
Ayes:
A-10)
BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS DEPARTMENT
Consider recommendations regarding an Amendment to Mental Health Services (MHS)
Agreements for Contingency Payment, Contingency Cost Settlement, Medicare Practitioner Billing