RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract #74-099-14 with John Dawdy, Esq., an individual, in an amount not to exceed $168,000, to sit as the certification review hearing officer for patients involuntarily confined by County, for the period from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2019.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 100% Mental Health Realignment. (Rate Increase)
BACKGROUND:
Psychiatric patients who have been involuntarily confined have a legal right to a hearing to determine whether they meet the criteria for continued detention and, in some cases, whether they lack the capacity to refuse or consent to anti-psychotic medications. The certification review hearing officer conducts these hearings, which are mandated by law. On July 7, 2015, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-099-13 with John Dawdy, Esq., for the period from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2017, to sit as the certification review hearing officer for patients involuntarily confined by County.
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