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Authorize and direct the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2024-25 Adopted Budget for the County Administrative Office, Other General Expenditures (001-1050-CAO014-8039), to increase appropriations by $1,425,000, financed by a decrease in appropriations in General Fund Contingencies (001-1050-CAO020-8034), for payment of the County’s FY 2023-24 Incompetent to Stand in Trial (IST) growth cap and penalty payment per Welfare & Institutions Code (WIC) 4336 to the State of California Department of State Hospitals (DSH) (4/5ths vote required).
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution to authorize and direct the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2024-25 Adopted Budget for the County Administrative Office, Other General Expenditures (001-1050-CAO014-8039), to increase appropriations by $1,425,000, financed by a decrease in appropriations in General Fund Contingencies (001-1050-CAO020-8034), for payment of the County’s FY 2023-24 Incompetent to Stand in Trial (IST) growth cap and penalty payment per Welfare & Institutions Code (WIC) 4336 to the State of California Department of State Hospitals (DSH) (4/5ths vote required).
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The County Administrative Office (CAO) requests to increase appropriations in the amount of $1,425,000 in Fund 001, Budget Unit 8039, Appropriation Unit CAO014 of its Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 Adopted Budget. This increase will be funded by General Fund Contingencies in Fund 001, Budget Unit 8034, Appropriation CAO020 for payment of the County’s FY 2023-24 Incompetent to Stand in Trial (IST) growth cap and penalty payment per Welfare & Institutions Code (WIC) 4336 to the State of California Department of State Hospitals (DSH).
Senate Bill 184 (SB184) added section 4336 to the WIC to implement a growth cap program for all counties for individuals committed pursuant to Section 1370 of the Penal Code. The growth cap program was deemed by the legislature as an actionable solutio...
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