DATE:
March 11, 2025
01
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT:
Title
SHERIFF - REQUEST TO APPROVE THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
HOSPITALS REVENUE CONTRACT FOR A JAIL-BASED COMPETENCY
TREATMENT PROGRAM (DISTRICTS: ALL)
Body
OVERVIEW
The California Department of State Hospitals (DSH) is responsible for returning to competency individuals charged with a felony who have been found mentally incompetent to stand trial (IST), pursuant to CA Penal Code Section 1370. The IST defendants are committed to a state hospital for care and treatment to restore competency. As a result of high demand and the limited hospital beds for treatment, DSH added capacity through a jail-based competency treatment (JBCT) program where DSH contracts with and reimburses counties on a per diem rate per patient to provide the treatment in their jails.
The JBCT program provides the same treatment and competency restoration services to the incarcerated population as those provided in state hospitals. The program permits individuals to begin treatment immediately after receiving a court order. The previous revenue contract with DSH for the JBCT program expired on December 31, 2024, and the Sheriff's Office would like to establish a new agreement to receive reimbursement for travel, medications, replenishment, and refurbishment provided to support the JBCT program. The new agreement will also reflect updated reimbursable per diem rates based on projected costs by the Sheriff's Office.
Today's request would approve a revenue contract with DSH for two years for the reimbursement of costs to provide a jail-based competency treatment program for the period of January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026. The request would also waive Board Policy B-29, Fees, Grants, and Revenue Contracts - Department Responsibility for Cost Recovery which requires prior approval of the submission of grants and revenue applications.
RECOMMENDATIONS
SHERIFF
1. Approve and authorize the Clerk of the Board to accept and execut...
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