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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 who are 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 persons who are 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, (WIC) 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. The new Kaiser Permanente crisis stabilization unit is scheduled to open in July 2025, pending LPS designation approval from the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). The six-bed facility will provide urgent care 24-hours per day and 7-days a week for Kaiser-insured individuals experiencing acute psychiatric symptoms.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is no cost to designating Kaiser Permanente's crisis stabilization unit as a WIC ?? 5150 et seq. facility. Kaiser Permanente plans to operate the crisis stabilization unit with private Kaiser Permanente funding and is not requesting certification as a Medi-Cal billable facil...
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