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FROM: William Walker, M.D. , Health Services Director .-,,, ; .
By: Ginger Marieiro, Contracts Administrator = Contra
Costa
DATE: December 20, 1996 County
SUBJECT: Approval of Novation Contract #24-627-7 with �y
Susan Marchant Angel, Attorney-At-Law
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director or his designee
(Donna Wigand) to execute on behalf of the County, Novation Contract
#24-627-7 with Susan Marchant Angel, Attorney-At-Law, for the period
from July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997, with a payment limit of
$45, 300, for Certification Review/Probable Cause/Capacity Hearing
Officer services for patients who are involuntarily confined by the
County.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This Contract is included in the Department's Fiscal Year 1996-97
Budget and is funded by County funds which may partially be off-set
by reimbursement under SB 90 Unfunded State Mandates Claims Fund for
the AB 3454 Doe-Gallinot Certification Review Hearing Costs and the
SB 665 Riese Capacity Hearing costs.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
This Contractor provides for the mandated services of Hearing
Officers, who are licensed to practice law in the State of
California, t,jo preside over two types of hearings: (1) Doe-Gallinot
Certification Review Hearings for psychiatric patients who are
detained on an involuntary status at the County's Merrithew Memorial
Hospital; and (2) Riese Hearings, referred to as "capacity
hearings", for psychiatric patients who are detained on an
involuntary status to determine their capacity to refuse anti-
psychotic medication.
On October 17, 1995, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation
Contract #24-627-6 with Susan Marchant Angel for the period from
July 1, 1995 through June 30, 1996. Novation Contract #24-627-7
replaces the automatic six-month extension under the prior Contract
and approval of this Contract will allow the Contractor to continue
providing services through June 30, 1997 .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
_ZUNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) i HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Donna Wigand (313-6411)
CC: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED
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Auditor—Controller Supervisors and County Administrator
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