LA County Board

47. Legal Entity Contracts Amendments\nRecommendation: Approve and authorize the Director of Mental Health to\nexecute amendments to existing Department of Mental Health (DMH) Legal\nEntity (LE) contracts to increase and reset the Maximum Contract Amounts\n(MCAs) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26. The amendments will be effective upon\nBoard approval and the total aggregated increase is estimated to be\n$6,504,405, fully funded by Federal Financial Participation, State General\nFund, and local revenues. Authorize the Director to take the following actions:\n(Department of Mental Health) APPROVE\nExecute future amendments to the LE contracts to negotiate/revise\ncontract language; add, delete, modify, negotiate, or replace the\nstatement(s) of work and/or service exhibit(s), and financial provisions;\nreflect Federal, State, and County regulatory and/or policy changes; roll\nover Federal and/or State grant funds from one FY to the next FY, or\nbetween line items, as appropriate; take contract actions related to\nprovisions within the financial provisions; revise the annual MCAs,\nprovided that the County’s total payment to each LE contractor will not\nexceed an increase of more than 25% of the applicable annual MCA; all\nof which is contingent on sufficient funds being available as well as\nwritten notice to the Board and the Chief Executive Office (CEO) are\nprovided.\nMake non-material modifications to the LE contracts through\nadministrative amendments or change notices for the following and other\nsimilar reasons, as appropriate, which includes: changes to the\ncontractors’ business name and/or headquarter address; change, revise,\nadd, or delete the contractors’ provider site address(es), site number(s),\nsite name(s), and/or services for an existing or new provider site; make\ntechnical corrections; revise County and contractor administration\nexhibits; and/or shift funds between currently contracted funded\nprograms, so long as such shift(s) will not cause an increase in the MCA.\nTerminate the contracts in accordance with the termination provisions of\nthe contracts, including termination for convenience. The Director will\nprovide written notification to the Board and the CEO of such termination\naction. (26-3034)