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FROM; "William B. Walker, M.I ., Health Services Director Costa
County
DATE: July 21, 1999
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SUBJECT! Designation of Panel for the Selection of Certification Review Bearing Officers
SPECIRC REQUEST(S)OR REC0I4b:MENDArWN(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUgTMCA IONN
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Designate the county mental Health director, the county counsel, and the county public defender to be the panel
to select certification review hearing officers.
BACKGROUND:
Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5256 requires that a certification review hearing be conducted before an
individual with a mental disorder may be detained for the purpose of providing inten=sive mental health treatment.
Section.5256.1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code provides that "certification review hearing officers shall be
selected from a list of eligible persons unanimously approved by a panel composed of the local mental health
director, the county public defender, and the county counsel or district attorney designated by the county board
of supervisors." This action will designate the selection panel and ensure that the county is operating in
accordance with the law withh regard to the selection of certification review hearing officers.
FISCAL IMPACT:
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE _ OTHER
ACTION OF BOARD ON— AuAPPROVED AS RECOMMENDED XX OTHER
VOTE OF SuPERViSORS
i HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
XX tiNAllMvE1S (ABSENT_ _ ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: —DOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAi�; _ OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact Person:Donna M.Wigand,LCSW,Mental Health Director(5-5411)
CC: County Administrator
County Counsel ATTESTED
Public Defender PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Health Sentlees Director SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY DEPUTY
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