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Adopt a resolution to designate Kaiser Permanente's crisis stabilization unit located in Fairfield, California, as a California Welfare and Institutions Code ??5150 et seq., involuntary detention facility for evaluation and treatment of Kaiser-insured persons experiencing acute psychiatric symptoms
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Health and Social Services (H&SS) recommends that the Board adopt a resolution to designate Kaiser Permanente's crisis stabilization unit located in Fairfield, California, as a California Welfare and Institutions Code ??5150 et seq., involuntary detention facility for evaluation and treatment of Kaiser-insured insured persons experiencing acute psychiatric symptoms.
SUMMARY:
In order to provide evaluation and treatment services to involuntary psychiatric patients pursuant to ??5150 et seq. of the California Welfare and Institutions Code, a facility must be granted Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) designation by the County Board of Supervisors and approved by the State Department of Health Care Services. Kaiser Permanente operates private healthcare facilities and outpatient physical and behavioral health-managed healthcare services in multiple Bay Area and Solano County locations. Kaiser's new crisis stabilization unit is scheduled to open in Winter 2025, pending LPS designation approval from DHCS. The six-bed facility will provide urgent care 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, for Kaiser-insured and Medi-Cal-insured individuals experiencing acute psychiatric symptoms.
On June 10, 2025, the Board adopted a resolution to designate Kaiser Permanente's crisis stabilization unit as an involuntary detention facility for evaluation and treatment of Kaiser-insured persons who are experiencing acute psychiatric symptoms. However, due to updates in Kaiser's application, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) req...
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