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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 138-2023, authorizing the addition of one full-time equivalent Deputy Public Guardian I/II allocation in HHSA .
FUNDING: 100% State-funded Mental Health Services Act for the Lanterman-Petris-Short Project.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
The LPS Act, enacted in 1967, authorizes the involuntary commitment and treatment of persons with specified mental health disorders for the protection of the persons so committed. The LPS Act of 1967 defines actions and services when an individual, as a result of a mental health disorder, is considered gravely disabled, a danger to others, or to themselves, and is taken into custody on a temporary hold or a series of progressive holds leading to a determination of conservatorship. The individual will receive an assessment and crisis intervention as necessary and may be placed in a locked Psychiatric Health Facility (PHF). LPS conservatorships are established to arrange mental health treatment and placement for people who are gravely disabled and unable to provide for their food, clothing, shelter, and treatment needs as a result of a mental disorder.
Pursuant to California WIC Section 5604, the governing board in each county or counties acting jointly under the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, shall designate the agency or agencies to provide LPS conservatorship investigation. On February 1, 1983, the County of El Dorado Board of Supervisors (Board), designated the HHSA Behavioral Health Division (previously titled the Mental Health Division) as the entity to conduct LPS conservatorship investigations (Resolution 25-83).
County residents who have been assessed by a psychiatrist to meet the criteria for a severe mental illness are referred to the El Dorado County HHSA Behavioral Health Division (BHD), prompting a team, includi...
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