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.

Administrative Item Agenda Ready Introduced April 12, 2024

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Held by: Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc 39 records across this site
Amount: $22.2M
Runs until: June 30, 2027 303 days — goes back out to bid date quoted from the award document
Type: amendment
Field: Health & social

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