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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on December 18, 1984 , by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers , Fanden, Schroder , McPeak, Torlakson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SUBJECT: Proposed Subacute Skilled Nursing Facility
Treatment Patch
The Board received a December 4, 1984, letter from
June Skarr , Chairperson , Contra Costa County Mental Health Advisory
Board, transmitting a resolution adopted by the Advisory Board
endorsing the Board' s allocation of $280,000 for the initiation of a
six-month contract to provide sub-acute treatment in a psychiatric
skilled nursing facility.
The Board also received a report dated December 13, 1984 ,
from M. Finucane , Director , Health Services Department , providing an
explanation and justification for a contract to guarantee availabi-
lity of psychiatric skilled nursing facility beds for county
patients ("L" facility patch) . A copy of that report is attached
hereto and by reference incorporated herein .
Phil Batchelor , County Administrator , advised that in a
recent meeting with representatives of the Contra Costa County
Employees Association (Local One) and the Health Services
Department , a compromise was reached providing the for allocation of
$190,000 (rather than $280,000) which is to be used to "patch" 20
beds in a six-month period , and in addition , to "patch" four
geriatric beds in skilled nursing facilities . He recommended that
the Board approve the $190,000 allocation and direct the Director of
the Health Services Department to report on April 1 and July 1 , 1985
on long-term strategies to provide for sub-acute psychiatric care .
Mr . Batchelor also commented on the need to provide for
children and adolescent programs and recommended that a task force
of staff be established to determine alternatives to the use of
patched skilled nursing facility beds , as well as to determine the
most effective means of utilizing the remaining $90,000 target for
children and adolescent programs .
Supervisor S . W. McPeak referred to the formula used by
the State in allocating Short-Doyle funds to a County. She recom-
mended that the Health Services Director review Fresno County's
Short-Doyle allocation and State Hospital utilization to determine
whether Assemblyman Bronzan could be of assistance to this County in
proposing legislation which in some way would allocate Short-Doyle
funds on the basis of improvements made in State Hospital utiliza-
tion. She further recommended that the Health Services Director
review and include this proposal in his report to the Board on
April 1 .
Board members being in agreement , IT IS ORDERED that the
recommendations of Mr . Batchelor and Supervisor McPeak are APPROVED .
1 hereby certify that tm,s is a true arc:correct copy of
cc: Health Services Director an action taken and entcre:;on the minutes of the
County Administrator Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: ��`'��"' "`J ��� �y 4 -
PHIL BATCHELOR, Geri: of the Board
of Supervisors and County Administrator
ey ,Deputy
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