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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra
FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator. Costa
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DATE: December 10, 1992
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SUBJECT: AMENDMENT ,TO THE 1993 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Strike item #5 of the Legislative Program adopted by the Board of
Supervisors on December 8, 1992 and replace it with the following
language:
5A. Expand Program Realignment to include juvenile justice
programs - Support realignment of juvenile justice funding and
program responsibility for CYA funds .
Program Realignment enacted in 1991 has worked well in keeping
the realigned programs out of the annual fight over dollars
which has characterized the State Budget over the past several
years . Program Realignment has had problems because the
funding for these programs is now substantially tied to the
State' s economy, which has not been performing as well as
anyone anticipated when Program Realignment was enacted.
Hopefully, this is a relatively temporary problem which will
disappear when the economy improves.
It has been suggested that in additional to specified health,
social service and mental health programs, other programs
should be included' in Program Realignment. One which should '
be looked at for inclusion in Program Realignment is the
California Youth Authority (CYA) programs . The model for this
type of Program Realignment was the transfer of responsibility
for State Hospital cases to the counties . . Effective July. l,
1992, counties can determine how many State Hospital beds the
county needs and can afford and can contract. with the State
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APPROVE OTHER
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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Contact: PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
CC. County Administrator SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Health Services Director `
BY DEPUTY
for those beds . This provides the county with the flexibility
to identify, contract for or construct local facilities which
appropriately meet the needs of some patients so that the
population in the State Hospital can be reduced or at least
additional patients need not be added in the same numbers seen
in the past.
The parallel here would be the county' s commitments to the
CYA. A replacement source of revenue would be identified for
the counties . Each county could then use that money to
purchase beds in CYA facilities if it wished to do so or if a
particular minor required that type of care. Other
alternative types of facilities could be identified,
contracted for or constructed at the local level to care for
the other minors not committed to the CYA.
5B. Develop a fuller partnership with the State Department of
Alcohol and Drug Programs - Support efforts to obtain greater
flexibility in the use of State and Federal alcohol and drug
funds .
One of the program areas which has been mentioned as a
possible candidate for inclusion in Program Realignment are
alcohol and drug programs. These programs are funded in part
by State and Federal funds and are administered by the
counties . However, rather than immediately opting for the
inclusion of alcohol and drug programs in Program Realignment,
it is believed to be more appropriate to work with the State
Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs in an effort to forge
a closer working relationship between the counties and the
Department, and to insure that the Department is aware of the
fiscal and programmatic problems being faced by the counties .
In addition, counties need to seek greater fiscal and
programmatic flexibility in the use of alcohol and drug funds,
some of which was accomplished in 1992 with the enactment of
AB 2591 (Chapter 584, Statutes of 1992) which provides
additional flexibility in the use of State alcohol and drug
funds . These efforts need to be continued and enhanced. As
long as cooperative efforts are making progress which is
judged to be significant, inclusion of alcohol and drug
programs in Program Realignment should not be necessary. Only
if it is determined that such a dialogue is impossible or is
not achieving sufficient progress should alcohol and drug
programs be considered a viable candidate for Program
Realignment. In this regard, Supervisor McPeak, the County
Administrator, the Health Services Director and the County's
lobbyist should be authorized to continue these discussions .
BACKGROUND:
On December 8, 1992, the Board of Supervisors adopted its 1993
Legislative Program. As a part of this Program, it was suggested
by staff that Program Realignment be expanded to include juvenile
justice programs as well as alcohol and drug programs. Following
the adoption of the 1993 Legislative Program, Supervisor McPeak
noted that she was engaged in a series of discussions with the
Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs . If these meetings go
well, she would prefer not to include alcohol and drug programs
within Program Realignment. If these discussions break down or are
not making sufficient progress, then it would be appropriate to
consider including these programs within Program Realignment.
Therefore, the above language should be adopted to replace in full
the language which was included in Item #5 of the 1993 Legislative
Program as it was originally adopted on December 8, 1992 .
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