DATE:
September 27, 2022 and October 11, 2022
03
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
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ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM:
SECOND CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PROVISIONS IN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR, PUBLIC GUARDIAN, AND PUBLIC CONSERVATOR (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
On September 27, 2022 (24), the Board of Supervisors took action to further consider and adopt the Ordinance on October 11, 2022.
The Public Conservator is responsible for directing the mental health treatment and placement of individuals deemed to be gravely disabled, or unable to care for their own basic needs. In San Diego County, the Public Conservator provides conservatorship services to all conservatees who are gravely disabled and for whom the Public Conservator has been appointed conservator of the person by court order pursuant to the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (Welfare and Institutions Code section 5000, et seq.).
Currently within the County of San Diego, the Office of the Public Conservator is consolidated with the Office of the Public Administrator and Public Guardian. To increase operational efficiencies and enhance services to residents served by the Office of the Public Conservator, today's actions request the San Diego County Board of Supervisors (Board) approve amendments to the San Diego County Administrative Code related to the Public Administrator, Public Guardian, and the Public Conservator.
The proposed Ordinance represents a measured strategy to optimize collaborative and centralized coordination of services to ensure conservatees have access to all necessary treatment, resources, and community support to facilitate recovery. Currently, the Office of the Public Administrator and Public Guardian and the Office of the Public Conservator is situated within the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), Aging & Independence Services. Aligning the Office of the Public Con...
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