Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Scott Gilman, Director, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Subject: Agreement with Mental Health Association of Alameda County
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Mental Health Association of Alameda County for patients' rights services for the term of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $635,746.
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BACKGROUND:
By statute the County is obligated to provide patients' rights advocacy services for all recipients of mental health services in San Mateo County. These services include patient hearing representation at Certification and Capacity and/or Meredith Hearings in psychiatric inpatient facilities; complaint investigation and resolution; monitoring of mental health facilities; and outreach and training on advocacy topics for clients and providers. There are inpatient facilities in the County where Capacity and Certification Hearings take place: Mills-Peninsula Hospital, San Mateo Medical Center, Seton's Geriatric Behavioral Program, Cordilleras Mental Health Center, and Maguire Correctional Facility.
In February 2015, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) released a Request for Interest (RFI) for patients' rights advocacy services. The Mental Health Association of Alameda County (MHA) was the only respondent to the RFI. MHA has provided these services for BHRS continuously since 2003.
DISCUSSION:
MHA will provide patients' rights advocacy services for all recipients of mental health services in San Mateo County. As required by statute, services will be provided to all County residents receiving mental health services whether they are receiving services through BHRS or not. These patients' rights advocacy services will include: complaint investigation and resolution; compliance monitoring of facilities providi...
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