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SUBJECT: AGREEMENT WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY- •
MENTAL HEALTH FOR ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN HOUR
RECOMMENDATION
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There is no fiscal impactto the City. The DCHS grant funding will be used to reimburse the City of Downey for• Angeles Cf overtime.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: Memorandum of Agreement with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
ESTABLISHING A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION TEAM
BY AND BETWEEN
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH
AND
THE CITY OF DOWNEY
This Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) is made and entered into this 13th day of September 2022, by and between the City ��� (hereafter "Downey") and the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (hereafter "DMH").
WHEREAS, Downey has a need, and desires to form a partnership with DMH to provide a co -response model, to respond to calls involving targeted school violence, individuals orfamilies experiencing a mental health crisis, or individuals suspected of having a mental illness or impacted by a critical incident, residing in the City of Downey; and WHEREAS, DMH has the necessary personnel, experience, and specialized mental health professionals for the provision of the needed services; and WHEREAS, DMH is responsible for providing specialty mental health services to all eligible persons within Los Angeles County; and
WHEREAS, Downey and DMH believe it would be beneficial to the residents of the City of Downey to establish a co -response partnership called the Downey Mental Evaluation Team (MET), to respond to calls involving targeted school violence, individuals or families experiencing a mental health crisis or impacted by a critical incident; and WHEREAS, DMH provides clinicians for the provision of MET services to various Los Angeles County cities; and
WHEREAS, in addition to DMH co -response Downey MET services, Downey has requested, and shall reimburse DMH for MET personnel overtime costs not to exceed $259,000 for the term of this MOU. This amount may increase due to County approved cost of living adjustments.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows*
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. TERM
191 The term of this MOA is effective upon execution through February 14, 2023.
1.2 This MOA may be extended upon written agreement of both parties hereto executed through a written amendment to this MOA, or terminated in accordance with Section VII (Termination).
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The MET clinicians' responsibilities are set forth in Exhibit A (Statement of Work - Mental Health Evaluation Team), attached hereto and incorporated by reference.
9. Provide up to 20 hours of overtime MET services per week for the City of Downey. Any additional hours exceeding 20 hours per week must have prior approval from DMH.
4. Deploy clinicians in plain clothes to assess, process, and report cS mentally ill individuals, as well as provide advice and required assistan to Downey Police. i
5. Provide computers, office supplies, and communications equipment (cell phones) to DMH clinicians assigned to MET.
6. DMH clinicians may, in their discretion, access information contained in the County Integrated Behavioral Health Information System (IBHIS) for purposes of providing services in MET deployment. Clinicians will only disclose I BH IS information or any other protected mental health information to Downey Police Officers when authorized by law.
7. DMH personnel who are issued identification and access passes to Downey facilities shall ensure safe possession and will immediately report any loss or theft of such identification and/or access passes to Downey immediately.
If at any point DMH personnel with access are no longer a part of the team, any identification and/or facility access passes shall be returned to Downey within one business day of separation from the team.
8. Reimburse Downey for any actual costs associated with cancelling, reissuing, and/or re -keying any lost or unreturned identification and/or access pass.
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B. CITY OF DOWNEY RESPONSIBILITIES-
1 . Manage and supervise Downey Police Officer(s) assigned to MET,
2. Assign Downey Police Officer(s) to MET to enable co -deployment with DMH personnel, who work overtime hours, to provide mental health services to identified individuals to ensure that there is adequate MET coverage. .
3. Provide office space, furniture, and logistical support to DMH personnel to ensure the functionality of MET.
4. Provide DMH with assigned parking spaces for DMH County vehicle(s) and/or DMH employees' vehicles. Renewing of these parking permits each year shall be routine without any requirement for special request.
5. Issue appropriate identification and access passes to approved DMH personnel to enable ingress and egress to required Downey building(s) and parking structure(s). The access passes shall not require annual renewal requests and they shall be issued with access already coded in the passes.
6. Provide DMH personnel with the same access to Downey City facilities as Downey civilian personnel.
7. Serve as the primary authority for prioritizing and dispatching MET when requests are made through the 911 system.
A. All personnel assigned to MET shall be knowledgeable of, and abide by applicable provisions of the law pertaining to the confidentiality of informatio which may include but are not limited to, the Health Information Portability anis Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5328.
B. Limit direction of respective personnel assigned to MET to perform only tho duties associated with the MET program.
C. Ensure notifications are made to the other party when personnel will not appe for their scheduled shift(s).
1. Should Downey re -deploy sworn personnel to uniformed special even resulting in disruptions to MET operations, DMH shall be notified in advan so it can re -deploy its personnel other County duties.
2. DMH will notify Downey in advance when its personnel must be r deployed.
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E. This MOA and each Party's compliance with its obligations may be subject to review by the other party. Such reviews may occur as each agency deems appropriate to assess compliance with the terms of this MOA.
F. Maintain all records relating to MET operations and/or client services ir compliance with applicable law and DMH procedures.
Downey shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the County, its officials , officers, agents, and employees from and against any and all liability, loss, expense (including reasonable attorney's fees), or claims for injury or damages arising out of the performance of this Agreement, to the extent such liability, loss, expense, attorney's fees, or claims for injury or damages are caused by or result from the negligent or intentional acts or omissions of Downey, its officials, officers, agents or employees.
The County shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Downey, its officials, officers, agents, and employees from and against any and all liability, loss, expense (including reasonable attorney's fees), or claims for injury or damages arising out of the performance of this Agreement, to the extent such liability, loss, expense, attorney's fees, or claims for injury or damages are caused by or result from the negligent or intentional acts or omissions of the County, its officials officers, agents or employees.
V. INSURANCE
Each Party, at all times, during this MOA, shall maintain insurance at each Party's own cost and expense.
County, at its sole option, may satisfy all or any part of this insurance requiremen'; through use of a program of self-insurance.
Both Parties agree to take such action, as necessary, to amend this MOA from time to time as appropriate or to comply with the requirements of applicable provisions of law or regulations. This MOA may be amended or revised as the Parties deem necessary to further the purpose and intent of this MOA.
Any revisions shall be by a written amendment to the MOA and signed by both Parties.
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• Parties will make a •••• effort to resolve any disputes between therr related to this MOA through • means.
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Mark Scott
Interim City Manager
1111 Brookshire Avenue
Downey, CA 90241
[email protected]
Miriam Brown
Deputy Director
Department of Mental Health
510 S. Vermont Ave., 21 st Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90020
[email protected]
Either party may, from time to time, by written notice to the other, designate a different contact for Notice which shall be updated by written amendment to this MOA. Notices, payments and other documents shall be deemed delivered upon receipt by personal service or upon deposit in the United States mail.
DMH shall invoice Downey for overtime • of DMH personnel, • a quarterly basis, as set forth in the Fee Schedule below. Invoices shall be provided to Downey within 30 •. following each quarterly service period. Downey shall pay DMH for the billed amount within 45 days following the receipt • an invoice • DMH. The • • overtime services shall not exceed $259,000. This amount may increase due to County approved cost of living adjustments.
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This MOA constitutes the full and complete understanding and agreement of the The signatures of the individuals below affirm that they are duly authorized tos in this MOA.
Leslie ITIurray
Chief of Police
Downey, California
City of Downey
Downey, California
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Acting Director
Department of Mental Health
Los Angeles, California
1. The Downey Mental Evaluation Team (MET) will respond to Downey residents' crisis calls involving targeted school violence, individuals or families experiencing a mental health crisis, or impacted by a critical incident.
Provide mobile psychiatric assessment and evaluation for voluntary or involuntary hospitalization. Depending upon the apparent seriousness of the situation, sign application under Welfare and Institutions Code section 5150 or 5585 for immediate 72 hour detention at a hospital facility, schedule an appointment for evaluation and treatment at a Mental Health Clinic, or make a referral to another community treatment agency.
Respond to suicide attempts in progress at the request of Downey patro' # Respond to requests for psychiatric evaluations and hospitalizations for civilians experiencing a psychiatric crisis.
Avert violent confrontations between consumers and law enforcement through the use of verbal de-escalation techniques.
Participate in providing roll -call training to Downey law enforcemen), divisions and stations.
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