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File #: 24-0666    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Approval Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 6/10/2024 In control: Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
On agenda: 6/25/2024 Final action:
Title: Approval of Agreement with Vista Pacifica Center in the Amount of $315,000, to Provide Residential Care to Mendocino County Lanterman-Petris-Short Clients, Effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025
Attachments: 1. Agreement 24-093
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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
MEETING DATE: June 25, 2024


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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Approval of Agreement with Vista Pacifica Center in the Amount of $315,000, to Provide Residential Care to Mendocino County Lanterman-Petris-Short Clients, Effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Approve Agreement with Vista Pacifica Center in the amount of $315,000, to provide residential care to Mendocino County Lanterman-Petris-Short clients, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025; authorize the Health Services Director or designee to sign any future amendments that do not increase the maximum amount; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
Ongoing Agreement. Most recent Board action on June 6, 2023, Item 3i), approval of Agreement No. BOS-23-089.

SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
The Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act is the California law governing the involuntary civil commitment of individuals who, due to mental illness, pose a danger to themselves, a danger to others, or who are gravely disabled and require inpatient psychiatric care. The intent of the LPS Act was to end inappropriate lifetime commitment of people with mental illness, and firmly establish their right to due process while significantly reducing state institutional expense.

Pursuant to the requirements of the LPS Act, Mendocino County is responsible for providing residential care services to LPS clients who are court-mandated to receive a specific level of care requiring a structured environment due to mental health challenges. Currently, there are no local facilities in Mendocino County that are able to provide all levels of care as mandated by the courts. In addition, there is a shortage of residential care facilities statewide, which creat...

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