HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 12061994 - 94-600 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra
FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director "'�'" ` ontra
By: Elizabeth A. Spooner, Contracts Administrato Costa
DATE: November 17, 1994 County
SUBJECT: AMENDMENT OF SECTION IV.B. OF RESOLUTION NO. 92/815 WHICH
DESIGNATES MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AUTHORIZED TO REFER PATIENTS
FOR 72-HOUR PSYCHIATRIC DETENTIONS UNDER THE COUNTY'S 5150 PROGRAM
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RESOLUTION NO. 94/600
The Contra Costa -County Board of Supervisors hereby RESOLVES that:
Section IV. (Individual Designations) , subsection B. (Designated Mental
Health Professionals Authorized to Refer Patients for 72-Hour Psychiatric
Detentions) of Resolution Number 92/815,'approved by the Board of Supervisors
on December 15, 1992, (as amended by Resolution Number 93/1111 approved by
the Board on March 16, 1993) is hereby superceded by the following Section
IV.B. :
11B. Designated Mental Health Professionals Authorized To Refer Patients
For 72-Hour Psychiatric Detentions. Pursuant to the "Policies and
Procedures for Authorizing- Involuntary Psychiatric Detentions" (Exhibit
A) for the purpose of evaluation and treatment, and in accordance with
the recommendations of the County's Mental Health Director, the
following individuals are designated as Designated Mental Health
Professionals, under the auspices of the facilities where they are
employed and/or affiliated, to refer patients to Designated Facilities
for 72-hour psychiatric detentions:
1. William Walker; M.'D. , Medical Director, Contra Costa County Health
Services Department, at the following facilities:
a. Merrithew Memorial Hospital, 2500 Alhambra Avenue, Martinez,
California
b. East County Community Mental Health Clinic sites at 550 School
Street, Pittsburg, California; and 2400 Sycamore Drive,
Antioch, California
C. West County Community Mental Health Center sites at 232
Broadway, Richmond, California; 38th and Bissell Streets,
Richmond, California; and 256 24th Street, Richmond,
California
d. Central County Community Mental Health Center, 2025 Port
Chicago Highway, Concord, California
e. Forensic Mental Health Clinic, 10 Douglas Drive, Martinez,
California
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OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Lorna Bastian (313-6411) DEC 1" 6
CC: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
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