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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09271994 - 1.7 (2) - I.70 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator ��►` Costa x�� :•: � � 'az County September 20, 1994 DATE: SUBJECT: REPORT RELATIVE TO THE PROCESS WHICH NEEDS TO BE FOLLOWED TO MAKE THE ADULT DAY HEALTH PLANNING COUNCIL A SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON AGING SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1 . APPROVE the attached report from the Social Services Director in response to the Board' s referral regarding the Adult Day Health Planning Council and the Advisory Council on Aging. 2 . AUTHORIZE the Social Services Director or his designee to send a letter to the California State Department of Aging requesting approval to abolish the freestanding Adult Day Health Planning Council, and AGREE that upon receipt of such approval the Board of Supervisors will designate the Advisory Council on Aging as the adult day health care planning body in Contra Costa County. 3 . DIRECT the Social Services Director and Clerk, Board of Supervisors, to freeze all currently vacant seats and all seats which may become vacant in the future on the Adult Day Health Planning Council and submit no further recommendations for appointments to the Board of Supervisors until a response to the Board' s request has been received and acted on by the Board of Supervisors . 4 . REQUEST the Social Services Director to report back to the Board of Supervisors on this subject as soon as a response has been received from the State Department of Aging. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: . 00, RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S ACTION OF BOARD ON September 2 7 . 1994 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED SEP. 2 7 1994 Contact: PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF CC: Social Services Director SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Robert Sessler, Director Area Agency on Aging BY �,� ,DEPUTY -2- BACKGROUND: On July 12, 1994, the Board of Supervisors asked the Social Services Director to prepare a report to be returned to the Board by September 30, 1994 regarding the process which would have to be followed to make the Adult Day Health Planning Council a sub- committee of the Advisory Council on Aging. The actual language of the Board' s Resolution reads as follows: I . SOME OTHER ACTION OR STUDY IS RECOMMENDED. C. Other Advisory Boards, Committees and Commissions : 1 . Adult Day Health Planning Council Appears to be optional, but if formed, the size and composition is dictated by H&S Code §1572 .5 . Intended to prepare an Adult Day Health Care Plan for the County. Plan is to make this group a subcommittee of the Advisory Council on Aging. 1JIRECT the Sacia�; Services Director to ` rrepare 'a' report to. theaard ofupervsprs b September 30 19 4 tori uahasteps ark needed tQ make the Courtc Sub.0 mmi>t;tee of ttie Advisory f:aunc l ori Aging.; Attached is the requested report from the Social Services Director. This report notes the steps which will have to be followed in order to accomplish the consolidation which is sought by the Board of Supervisors . The first step in this process is for the Board of Supervisors to authorize the submission of a letter to the State Department of Aging asking that the State agree to allow the Board of Supervisors to abolish the Adult Day Health Planning Council and instead designate the Advisory Council on Aging as the adult day health planning body in Contra Costa County. The Social Services Director also recommends that no additional appointments be made to the Adult Day Health Planning Council pending receipt of a response from the State to the Board' s request. The recommendations and the reasons for making them appear to be sound and carefully researched with the State. We are, therefore, recommending that the Board of Supervisors concur in these recommendations and take the actions outlined above. SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT CONTRA COSTA COUNTY TO: CLAUDE L. VAN RASST. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR 9/9/94 FROM: PERFECT VILLARREAL, SOCIAL SERVICE DIRECTOR BY: BOB SESSLER, DIRECTOR, OFFICE ON AGING SUBJECT: ADULT DAY HEALTH PLANNING COUNCIL cc: A. C. Hollister Y. Bullock J. Bartlett In accordance with the July 12 , 1994 referral from the County Board of Supervisors, I am responding to the request of the Board.. to identify the steps needed to make the Adult Day Health Planning Council (ADHPC) a subcommittee of the County Advisory Council on Aging. Following consultation with staff of the California Department of Aging (CDA) , we recommend that the Board authorize the Director, Office on Aging to request approval from CDA to abolish our freestanding ADHPC and to have the Board of Supervisors designate the County Advisory Council on Aging as the adult day health care planning body for the county. The existing ADHPC members could continue to function as a subcommittee of the Advisory Council on Aging but the onerous membership restrictions and Maddy Book record keeping would no longer be necessary. Janet Roberts, Acting Chief, Adult Day Health Care Branch, CDA has outlined the following steps necessary for this change: 1. Board of Supervisors action authorizing submission of a request to CDA to permit the County to designate its Area Agency on Aging advisory council as its adult day health care planning body in place of the existing ADHPC. 2 . County submission of a packet of information to CDA outlining the justification for this requested jurisdictional shift. 3 . Review of request by staff of CDA Adult Day Health Care Branch. 4 . Approval of request by senior managers and Director of CDA. 5. Formal action by the County Board of Supervisors to abolish the existing ADHPC and designation of the Advisory Council on Aging as the adult day health care planning body for Contra Costa County. I should caution that CDA staff has informed us that if our justification for this change is deemed inadequate, our only other alternative would be new State legislation giving counties the option of designating the AAA advisory council as Gen 9c (New 3/86) their adult day health care planning body without any need for State level review. However, I am fairly confident we will be successful in demonstrating why our proposed change is justified. I would like to note that, in practical terms, our ADHPC is already functioning as a subcommittee of the Advisory Council on Aging. I recommend that we continue our recent policy of not filling vacancies on the ADHPC pending approval of our request by the State, thus minimizing the paperwork which results from the necessity of staffing this freestanding advisory body.