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a. Approve and authorize the Director of Health Services or designee to execute an agreement with each of the County Mental Health Plan providers listed in the Delegated Authority Attachment A submitted for FY 2026-27 (individually), effective for the terms set forth in Attachment A, not to exceed the individual contract amounts as set forth in Attachment A, for a total in the aggregate not to exceed $73,587,134 subject to approval by County Counsel;
b. Accept and approve the County of Monterey Medi-Cal Mental Health Services Agreement template (“MHS standard template”), containing County’s standard risk provisions of insurance and indemnification, for the provision of mental health treatment services with psychiatric impairments and disabilities by County Mental Health Plan providers (Attachment B);
c. Accept and approve a non-Medi-Cal version of the County of Monterey Medi-Cal Mental Health Services Agreement template, containing identical language but with non-applicable Medi-Cal provisions removed, for the provision of mental health treatment services by County Mental Health Plan providers who do not provide services billed to Medi-Cal (Attachment C);
d. Approve and authorize future updates to both templates through June 30, 2027 in accordance with local, state, and federal law, subject to review and approval of County Counsel;
e. Approve and authorize the Director of Health Services or designee to execute the MHS standard template with additional providers for mental health treatment and related services, during FY 2026-27, where the contract amount for each agreement with each additional provider does not exceed $200,000 and where the aggregate amount for all contracts with additional providers does not exceed $2,000,000; and
f. Approve and authorize the Director of Health Services or designee to execute up to three future amendments to each agreement with the providers listed in Attachment A that in total, do not exceed 10% ($7,358,713) of the ini...
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