TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Behavioral Health
MEETING DATE: December 19, 2023
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Jenine Miller, Psy.D.
PHONE:
707-472-2341
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Adoption of Resolution Authorizing Mendocino County to Defer Implementation of Senate Bill 43, Specific to the Definition of "Gravely Disabled" Under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, until January 1, 2026
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Adopt Resolution authorizing Mendocino County to defer implementation of Senate Bill 43, specific to the definition of "gravely disabled" under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, until January 1, 2026; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
The existing law, Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS), (Welfare and Institutions Code section 5100, et seq.), includes, in part, provisions addressing the involuntary detention and treatment of a person who is a danger to themselves or others or who is gravely disabled, and for purposes of conservatorship, defines "gravely disabled", in pertinent part, as a condition in which a person, as a result of a mental health disorder, is unable to provide for their basic personal needs for food, clothing, or shelter. Senate Bill (SB) 43 (2023-2024 Reg. Session), Statutes 2023, Chapter 637 (SB 43), signed by the Governor on October 10, 2023, effective January 1, 2024, includes a provision which expands the definition of "gravely disabled" to include the inability to provide for a person's "personal safety or necessary medical care".
SB 43, effective January 1, 2024, also includes a provision which expands the definition of "gravely disabled" to include a condition in which a person, as a result of a severe substance use disorder, or a co-occurring mental health disorder and a severe substance use disorder, (or as a result of impairment by chronic alcoholism), is unable to provide for t...
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