This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing a State-mandated Patients’ Rights Advocacy Program, including general advocacy and training services, Certification Review Hearing services, and Reise Capacity Hearing services.
On November 4, 2014, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-476 with Consumers Self-Help Center, for the provision of a Patients’ Rights Program for the period from October 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.
Approval of Contract #74-476-1 will allow the Contractor to continue providing a Patients’ Rights Program through June 30, 2016.
If this contract is not approved, County will not have a Patients’ Rights Advocacy Program and will be out of compliance with the performance contract with the State Department of Health Care Services, placing funding for the Department’s mental health programs at risk.