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TO:" BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Phil Batchelor Contra
County Administrator
Costa
DATE'. April 20, 1987 County
SUBJECT:
Legislation: Senate Bill 848 (Boatwright)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(_S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Adopt a position of Support for SB 848 by Senator Boatwright
which appropriates $3 . 3 million to Contra Costa County over three
years for a pilot program to assess and treat persons who are
dually diagnosed as mentally ill as well as substance abusers.
BACKGROUND:
The County' s Mental Health Director, Stuart McCullough, has been
concerned for some time that little research has been done on
effective ways to assess and treat individuals who are both
mentally ill and substance abusers. Mr. McCullough has asked
Senator Boatwright to introduce legislation which would establish
a demonstration program in this County to deal with this unique
population which currently is not adequately addressed by either
the Substance Abuse or the Mental Health systems. SB 848 would
establish such a demonstration program designed to accomplish the
following:
( a) Design and implement a treatment system for the
seriously mentally ill substance abuser which is both
cost-effective and replicable in other counties.
(b) Design and test, in Contra Costa County and several
other affiliated counties, a client assessment and
diagnostic protocol for this dual diagnosed population.
(c) Design and implement training for alcohol, drug, and
mental health staff in the assessment and treatment of
the dual diagnosis client. This training curriculum
shall be made available to other counties during the
second and third years of project funding.
(d)+ Develop a proposal for a memorandum of understanding
between the State Department of Mental Health and the
State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs regarding
mechanisms to cooperatively fund and treat dual
diagnosed individuals.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _ YES SIGNATURE:
_ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE _ OTHER
SIGNATURE(S): e&taj �1. At �7�
ACTION OF BOARD ON April 28, 1987 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
County Administrator APR 2 8 1987
cc: Health Services Director ATTESTED _
Mental Health Director PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Jackson/Barish & Associates SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
D. J. Smith Associates
Senator Daniel E. Boatwright BY 'DEPUTY
M382/7-83
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(e) Identify barriers to more effective intervention and
treatment and propose solutions which might be
instituted in this state.
( f) Evaluate the impact of the demonstration program and
provide consultation to other interested counties in
the areas of model program development, staff training,
and assessing the target population. Program
evaluation shall include formal reports to the State
Department of Mental Health and State Department of
Alcohol and Drug Programs, the Conference of Local
Mental Health Directors and the Legislature.
In view of the efforts of the Mental Health Director to get SB
848 introduced, and in view of the willingness of Senator
Boatwright to carry this legislation for Contra Costa County, it
is recommended that the Board support SB 848. The bill is
currently scheduled to be heard in the Senate Health & Human
Services Committee on May 6, 1987 .