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Approve and Authorize the Contracts Purchasing Officer/Supervisor or Sheriff/Undersheriff to sign the Agreement with the California Department of State Hospitals (DSH), retroactively July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024, for Incompetent to Stand Trial Re-Evaluations.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and Authorize the Contracts Purchasing Officer/Supervisor or Sheriff/Undersheriff to sign the Agreement with the California Department of State Hospitals (DSH), retroactively July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024, for Incompetent to Stand Trial Re-Evaluations.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Monterey County Sheriff's Office requests approval of this agreement. The Department of State Hospitals set a hard date of July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024.
Welfare and Institutions Code 4335.2 allows the Department of State Hospitals to establish a program to perform re-evaluations for felony incompetent to stand trial (IST) individuals in jail who have been waiting for admission to the department 60 days or more from the date of commitment.
Re-Evaluation program performs re-evaluations via telehealth at the county jails and makes written reports to the courts assessing their competency status and determining if the individual has restored to competency while in jail or is unlikely to restore. These evaluations identify individuals who may need a referral for psychotic medications, a psychopharmacology consultation, or an involuntary medication order. These evaluations assess whether the IST defendant should be referred to the county for the further assessment for participation in county diversion program or other outpatient treatment programs. Essentially these evaluations are done during the period the defendant is waiting in the jails for placement, and from our experience, more than 25% of defendants have been identified to be competent and can proceed with their court proceeding without being admitted to a state hospital or JBCT program.
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