File #: 03-00778    Version:
Type: Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 8/4/2003 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 8/26/2003 Final action: 8/26/2003
Title: HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding update on the impact of the closure of Saint Francis Medical Center, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.) a) Accept an update from the Emergency Medical Services Agency and Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services regarding the response by Cottage Health System to the recommendations made in the Impact Evaluation Study on the closure of Saint Francis Medical Center; b) Direct James L. Broderick, Ph.D, Director of ADMHS, to formalize the current collaborative efforts in a project team focused on continuing to evaluate with Cottage and other local hospitals the feasibility of re-opening a geropsych inpatient unit in Santa Barbara. The project team would update the Board with written progress reports on a quarterly basis. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE
Sponsors: PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ALCOHOL, DRUG AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Attachments: 1. Board Letter/ Attachment
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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding update on the impact of the closure of Saint Francis Medical Center, as follows:  (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
 
a)  Accept an update from the Emergency Medical Services Agency and Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services regarding the response by Cottage Health System to the recommendations made in the Impact Evaluation Study on the closure of Saint Francis Medical Center;
 
b)  Direct James L. Broderick, Ph.D, Director of ADMHS, to formalize the current collaborative efforts in a project team focused on continuing to evaluate with Cottage and other local hospitals the feasibility of re-opening a geropsych inpatient unit in Santa Barbara. The project team would update the Board with written progress reports on a quarterly basis.
 
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE
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