Consider recommendations regarding the renewal of Mental Health Staffing Services Agreements with SHC Services, Inc. for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2025, and Jackson and Coker Locum Tenens, LLC for FY 2024-2025, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with SHC Services, Inc. dba Supplemental Health Care Services, Inc. (not a local vendor) for the provision of locum tenens nursing temporary staffing services for a total maximum contract amount not to exceed $300,000.00 for the period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025; b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Jackson and Coker Locum Tenens, LLC (not a local vendor) for the provision of locum tenens psychiatry, nursing, and physician assistant temporary staffing services for a total maximum contract amount not to exceed $300,000.00 for the period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025; c) Regarding the above Supplemental Health Agreements, delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to suspend, delay, or interrupt the services under the Agreements for convenience per Section 20 of the Agreements and make immaterial changes to the Agreements per Section 26, all without altering the maximum contract amount and without requiring the Board’s approval of an amendment of the Agreements, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; d) Regarding the above Jackson and Coker Agreement, delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to make immaterial changes and add positions and/or approve rate changes not to exceed 10% of the rate currently stated in the respective Exhibit B-1s per Section 25 of the Agreements, all without altering the maximum contract amount and without requiring the Board’s approval of an amendment of the Agreements, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and e) 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.

Administrative Item Agenda Ready Introduced June 18, 2024

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