HomeMy WebLinkAbout21-075RESOLUTION TO OPT OUT OF AB 1976WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OFHEALTHCARE SERVICES
WHEREAS, with the passage of Assembly Bill 1976, the California Department of Health Care Services has
presented Butte County Department of Behavioral with the opportunity to immplement Assembly Bill 1421, "Laura's Law,"
which authorizes court-ordered intensive outpatient treatment of adults with a severe mental illness who refuse voluntary
treatment, and their conditions are deteriorating substantially. To qualify for Laura's Law, the individual must meet the
following criteria:
1. The person is 18 years of age or older.
2. The person issuffering from e mental illness, as defined as: a mental disorder that is severe in degree and
persistent in duration, which may ca:use behaviors which substantially interfere with the primary activities of daily
living, aimd which may result in an lnabiUltyto maintain independent functioning without treatment, support, and
rehabilitation for along orindefinite period nftime.
3. There has been a clinical determination that the person is unlikely to survive safely in the community without
supervision.
4. The person has a history of lack of compliance with treatment for the person's mental illness, imatleast one of
the following:
A. The person's mental illness has, at least twice within the last 36 months, been a substantial factor in
necessitating psychiatric hospitalization, or receipt ofservices in a forensic or other mental health unit of state
correctional facility ur local correctional facility.
B. The person's mental illness has resulted in one or more acts of serious and violent behaviortoward themselves
or another or threats, or attempts to cause serious physical harm to themselves or another within the last 48
months; and
WHEREAS, the Butte County Behavioral Health Department recommends that the County opt out of the AB 1976
legislation; July 1,28Z1; and
WHEREAS, Butte County Department of Behavioral Health intends to apply for Mental Health Services Act (MHSA)
Innovation funding to establish an outreach and engagement program that incorporates components of an Assisted
Outpatient Treatment (AOT) program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Butte County Board of Supervisors hereby authorizes the Director of
Behavioral Health, or designee, to opt out of AB 1976
PASSED AND ADOPTED bythe Butte County Board nfSupervisors this 8mday ofJune, 2O21,bvthe following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Lucero\Ritter, K]nnrnebhue,Teeter, and Chair Connelly
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: Nome
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Bill Connelly, Chair
Butte County Berard of Supervisors
ATTEST:
Andy Pickett, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of t, e B d of Supervisors
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By: VIA I
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