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a. Approve and authorize the Director of Health and the Sheriff to sign the Monterey County Behavioral Health Crisis Negotiation Team Inter-Agency Agreement with the California State University Monterey Bay, Cities of Carmel, Greenfield, King City, Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Salinas, Sand City, Seaside, Soledad for the provision of mental health supportive services to Peace Officer(s) and as Peace Officer(s), respectively, when intervening with individual(s) during a crisis situation; and
b. Authorize the Director of Health and the Sheriff to approve up to three future amendments to this Agreement where the amendments do not significantly change the scope of work or result in an increase to County General Fund Contribution.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
- Approve and authorize the Director of Health and the Sheriff to sign the Monterey County Behavioral Health Crisis Negotiation Team Inter-Agency Agreement with the California State University Monterey Bay, Cities of Carmel, Greenfield, King City, Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Salinas, Sand City, Seaside, Soledad for the provision of mental health supportive services to Peace Officer(s) and as Peace Officer(s), respectively, when intervening with individual(s) during a crisis situation; and
- Authorize the Director of Health and the Sheriff to approve up to three future amendments to this Agreement where the amendments do not significantly change the scope of work or result in an increase to County General Fund Contribution.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Monterey County Behavioral Health Crisis Negotiation Team (BHCNT) Agreement consists of an inter-agency collaboration among the Monterey County Health Department; the Monterey County Sheriff's Office; the Cities of Carmel, Greenfield, King City, Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Salinas, Sand City, Seaside, Soledad, and the California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) when responding to a crisis situation. The BHCNT'S primary target population for Monterey County is(are) the individual(s) who is/are experiencing crisis situations such as suicidal ideations, psychotic episodes, domestic violence, serious mental illness, and other related mental disorders; or the individual(s) who comes to the attention of the Peace Officer(s) due to a crisis situation; or the individual(s) who is/are unwilling to accept the Peace Officer(s)'s basic intervention, which may lead to a crisis negotiation team intervention.
When requested by the Sheriff's Office and/or a Peace Officer(s) of the participating city, a Monterey County Behavioral Health trained licensed clinician will respond to a crisis negotiation situation to offer clinical insight on mental illness, supportive suggestions on intervening with the individual(s) experiencing crisis, background information of the individual(s) if pertinent to the situation, information on community resources/referrals, and collaboration to collect needed intelligence.
The BHCNT Inter-Agency Agreement complies with the California Codes Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5600 - 5623.5 and formalizes the existing BHCNT collaboration to organize and finance community mental health services for the mentally disordered through locally administered and locally controlled community mental health programs in Monterey County.
This BHCNT Inter-Agency Agreement shall become effective upon execution of all participating parties and shall remain in effect until terminated with a thirty (30) day written notice from any participating party. This Inter-Agency Agreement may be renewed or renegotiated upon mutual written consent of all parties.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
CSUMB has reviewed this Agreement and approved as signed with a letter of signature authorization. Cities of Carmel, Greenfield, King City, Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Salinas, Sand City, Seaside, and Soledad have reviewed this Agreement and approved as signed with a city resolution signature authorization, respectively.
FINANCING:
These services are already being provided. Costs and funding are included in the departments' respective current approved budgets.
There are no funding transfer provisions in the agreement. The County is not providing funding to non-County agencies.
Behavioral Health services are funded by the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA). The amounts for FY 2012-13 and 2013-14 are included in the Behavioral Health (Fund 023-4000-HEA12) Fiscal Year 2012-13 Adopted Budget and the FY 2013-14 Requested Budget.
Prepared By: Gloria Rodriguez, 755-8986, Management Analyst
Approved By: Ray Bullick, 755-4526, Director of Health
Scott K. Miller, Sheriff
Attachment: Agreement is on file with Clerk of the Board