HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12151987 - 1.64 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Fes' Mark Finucane , Health Services Director w �r Contra
By : Elizabeth A. Spooner , Contracts Administrator Costa
DATE: December 3, 1987 CO^
SUBJECT: Approval of FY 1987-88 Novation Contract #24-238-12 with ��••
Mental Health Consumer Concerns , Inc. to provide Patients '
Rights Advnrary and Cliant Salf—Hale Sarcinae
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I . RECOMMENDED ACTION :
Approve and authorize the Chair to execute on behalf of the
County, Novation Contract #24-238-12 with Mental Health Consumer
Concerns , Inc. in the amount of $115 , 276 for the period July 1 ,
1987 through June 30 , 1988 for provision of patients ' rights
advocacy services , including representation at "Doe-Gallinot"
Certification Review Hearings , and client self-help services .
This document includes a six-month automatic contract extension
from June 30 , 1988 through December 31 , 1988 in the amount of
$57 , 638.
II . FINANCIAL IMPACT :
This contract is fully funded in the Health Services Department
Budget for 1987-88 (org . #5942) , including a budget augmen-
tation which was provided by the Board of Supervisqrs for insur-
ance and program cost increases . The Contract Payment Limit is
funded 100% by County funding .
Although this is a State-mandated service under AB 3454 , the
State has not provided funding for the Certification Review
Hearing Services and , therefore , it is currently funded entirely
by County funds . Our attempts to obtain State reimbursement
under SB 90 for the AB 3454 mandated Certification Review
Hearing Services have thus far been unsuccessful .
III . REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
This contractor has been providing these patients ' rights and
client self-help services under an automatic extension of the FY
1986-87 Contract #24-238-11 and #24-360-1 . Novation Contract
#24-238-12 replaces the six-month automatic extension under the
prior contracts #24-238-11 and #24-360-1 .
The provision of Patients ' Rights Information and Advocacy
Services enables the County to maintain the following required
services :
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cc: County Administrator ATTESTED
Auditor-Controller PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Contractor SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY V ,DEPUTY
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Mental Health Consumer Concerns , Inc.
Contract 424-238-12
Board Order Page 2
1 . Each involuntarily detained patient and each voluntary
patient admitted to a facility designated for psychiatric
treatment and evaluation has the right "to see and receive
the services of a patient advocate who has no direct or
indirect clinical or administrative responsibility for the
person receiving mental health services" pursuant to Welfare
and Institutions Code , Section 5325h.
2 . The duties of the Patients ' /Residents ' Advocate as enu-
merated in California Administrative Code , Title 99
Section 863 . 2 are :
( a) Ensure that the rights listed in Section 5325 of
the Welfare and Institutions Code and in Section
861 remain posted in all facilities where posting
is required pursuant to Section 860 .
( b) Ensure that all incoming patients/residents are
notified of these rights .
( c) Assist in training staff of facilities specified in
Section 860 regarding patients ' /residents ' rights .
(d) Investigate complaints of patients/residents or
their responsible relatives , and if necessary, act
as advocate for patients/residents .
( e) Act as advocate in behalf of patients/residents who
are unable to register a complaint because of their
mental or physical condition.
( f) Act as local consultant in the area of
patients ' /residents ' rights .
( g) Act as liaison to the Patient Rights Specialist of
the State Department of Mental Health.
3 . Patient representation at 14 Day Certification Review
Hearings pursuant to the Doe v. Gallinot decision.