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Approve the reappointment of Heather Theaux to the Behavioral Health Advisory Board for a three-year term to expire on November 30, 2027
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Health and Social Services (H&SS) recommends that the Board of Supervisors approve the reappointment of Heather Theaux to the Behavioral Health Advisory Board for a three-year term to expire on November 30, 2027.
SUMMARY:
The Solano County Behavioral Health Advisory Board (BHAB) was established under the Bronzan-McCorquodale Act (Part 2 of Division 4.7 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code ? 5600 et seq.) and is mandated as part of the County's contract with the State to provide specialty behavioral health services. The BHAB is comprised of at least nine but not more than 11 members appointed by the Solano County Board of Supervisors, with a required additional member of the Board of Supervisors. The County BHAB membership reflects the county's demographic and ethnic diversity as specified in WIC section 5604.5(b).
Heather Theaux is the current Director of Emergency Services/Trauma at NorthBay Medical Center, as well as the Director of Trauma, Stroke, and Behavioral Health. Ms. Theaux participates in the County's collaborative Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) committee of law enforcement, hospitals, advocates, and other systems involved in emergency care to mental health clients.
Ms. Theaux was first appointed to the Solano County Mental Health Advisory Board in 2015 and is the current Vice-Chair of the Behavioral Health Advisory Board (BHAB). Ms. Theaux is a valuable member of the BHAB due to her vast knowledge of the community's behavioral health care needs and her interactions with hospital and psychiatric emergency systems. Both H&SS and the BHAB recommend she be reappointed.
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