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Mark Finucane, Health Services Director Costa
By: Elizabeth A. Spooner, Contracts Administrato w
DATE: July 17, 1992 County
SUBJECT:
Approval of Contract #24-627-2 with Susan Merchant Angel
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
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Approve and authorize the Chair to execute on behalf of the County,
Contract #24-627-2 with Susan Merchant Angel, Attorney At Law, in the
amount of $37, 510 for the period July 1, 1992 through June 30, 1993
for Certification Review/Probable Cause/Capacity Hearing Officer for
patients involuntarily confined by County. This Contract has a six-
month automatic extension in the amount of $18,755.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This Contract is included in the Fiscal Year 1992-93 Health Services
Department Budget projections by County funds which may partially be
off-set by reimbursement under SB 90 Unfunded State Mandates Claims
Fund for the AB 3454 Doe-Gallinot Certification Review Hearing Costs
and the SB 665 Riese Capacity Hearing costs.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
This Contract provides for the mandated services of a Hearing
Officer, who is ,licensed to practice law in the State of California,
to preside over ;two types of hearings: (1) Doe-Gallinot Certifica-
tion Review Hearings for psychiatric patients who are detained on an
involuntary status at the County's Merrithew Memorial Hospital; and
(2) Riese Hearings, , referred to as "capacity hearings" , for psychiat-
ric patients who are detained on an involuntary status to determine
their capacity to refuse anti-psychotic medication.
Approval of Contract #24-627-2 will allow the Contractor to continue
these services through June 30;, 1993 .
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