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a. Approve and authorize the Director of Health to sign Amendment No. 2 to the County of Monterey Standard Agreement with Keith Vandevere, Attorney-At-Law to serve as the hearing officer for certification review hearings under the mandated Lanterman-Petris-Short Act; and to increase the existing Agreement amount by $6,000 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-15, and $21,000 for FY 2015-16 for a new total contract amount not to exceed $144,000; and
b. Authorize the Director of Health to sign up to two future amendments to this Agreement where the amendments do not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total contract amount and do not significantly change the scope of work.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Director of Health to sign Amendment No. 2 to the County of Monterey Standard Agreement with Keith Vandevere, Attorney-At-Law to serve as the hearing officer for certification review hearings under the mandated Lanterman-Petris-Short Act; and to increase the existing Agreement amount by $6,000 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-15, and $21,000 for FY 2015-16 for a new total contract amount not to exceed $144,000; and
b. Authorize the Director of Health to sign up to two future amendments to this Agreement where the amendments do not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total contract amount and do not significantly change the scope of work.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Lanterman-Petris-Short Act mandates a certification review hearing for all persons to be certified for involuntary mental health treatment. Keith Vandevere, Attorney-At-Law, provides services as the hearing officer for certification review hearings. The number of persons requiring certification review hearings has increased. The proposed Amendment No. 2 increases the annual number of hearings to be provided and the total Agreement amount to meet the increased need for certification review hearing officer services.
This work supports the following Monterey County Health Department 2011-2015 strategic plan initiative: 3) Ensure access to culturally and linguistically appropriate, customer-friendly, quality health services. It also supports one of the ten essential public health services, specifically: 7) Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provisions of health care when otherwise unavailable.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The County Counsel and Auditor-Controller have reviewed and approved this Amendment No. 2 as to legal form and fiscal provisions. A copy of this Amendment No. 2 is on file with Clerk of the Board.
FINANCING:
This Agreement is funded by Realignment revenues. The funds for this Agreement are included in the Health Department's Behavioral Health (HEA012, Unit 8410) Fiscal Year 2014-15 Adopted Budget, and the FY 2015-16 Requested Budget.
Prepared By: Norm Morris, Management Analyst II, 1277
Approved By: Ray Bullick, Director of Health, 4526
Attachments:
Amendment No. 2 is on file with Clerk of the Board
Amendment No. 1 is on file with Clerk of the Board
Agreement is on file with Clerk of the Board