To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Designation of Facilities and Qualified Professionals Authorized to Detain Persons Under Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5000 et seq.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT Resolution No. 2023/ rescinding the previous designation and making a new designation to include the Contra Costa Youth Stabilization Unit as a facility designated for involuntary detention as well as to add additional qualified mental health professionals, including those contracted to provide mobile behavioral health services, as personnel authorized to involuntarily detain persons in order to provide evaluation and treatment services as required under Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5000 et. Seq., and the Lanterman-Petris Short Act.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact for this action.
BACKGROUND:
This proposed resolution would supersede Resolution #2012/425. It adds the Contra Costa Youth Stabilization Unit located at 25 Allen Street in Martinez as a designated facility for involuntary psychiatric detention in Contra Costa County. This resolution also authorizes additional qualified providers to include: licensed clinical counselors, registered associate marriage and family counselors, registered associate social workers, registered associate clinical counselors, and waivered clinical psychologists. Additionally, this resolution authorizes the qualified staff of certified community based non-profit organizations contracted with Contra Costa Health - Behavioral Health Services to deliver mobile behavioral health services to include: licensed psychiatrists, licensed psychologists, licensed social workers, licensed marriage and family counselors, licensed professional clinical counselors, licensed mental health nurse practitioners, and licensed clinical nurse specialists. The proposed resolution has completed review with County Counsel.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
This designation would not be extende...
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