HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1959.04.14 - 19079Ora 14, 1959
E)(PLANATION
At a meeting of this Board held on April 15, 1958, Miscellaneous Resolution
No. 3362, presented by the Ways and Means Committee, was adopted.
Said resolution provided for an appropriation of $50,000 from the 1958
Contingent Fund to provide funds for the temporary security confinement of a limited
number of mentally ill persons during the balance of the year 1958.
We are pleased to state the program worked very successfully and a large
portion of the appropriation was returned to the General Fund at the close of business
for the year 1958.
The budget for the year 1959, as adopted by this Board on September 15, 1958
(Miscellaneous Resolution No 3421) included an appropriation of for the care
of emergency mental cases during the present fiscal year.
In the opinion of your Ways and Means Committee, the program could be
strengthened and improved if an amendment was added to the original Miscellaneous
Resolution No. 3362: which would spell out more fully the types of cases to be handled
by the program and we wish to offer the following resolution for the consideration of this
Board:
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RESOLUTION April 14, 1959
BY: Mr. Fred W. Smith
IN RE: EXF,ANDIN:U EMLRG-E.NCY.MENTAL PROGRAM
TO: THE C.iAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The provisions of tvAiscitancous Resolution No. 3362, as adopted by this Board
on April 15, 1958, provided for a special appropriation to cover the estimated cost for
the temporary security confinement of a limited number of mentally ill persons in designated
faces equipped and staffed to handle such cases The appropriation made at that time
was to cover the estimated cost of such a program for the balance of the year 1958
Your honorable body expressed its desire to continue the program for the year
by including an appropriation of $50,000 under the caption of "Emergency Mental
Cases" in the budget for the year 195 as adopted on Sei:emb,,r 15, 1956.
In the opinion of your Ways and Means Committee, the program as outlined above
could be strengthened and expanded if the said Miscellaneous Resolution No 3362 was
replaced by the following resolution which your Committee wishes to offer at this time
for the consideration of your honorable body:
BE !T RESOLVED, that the appropriation of $50,000 which was included in the
budget for the year 1959, as adopted by this Board on September 15, 1933, under the
caption of "Emergency Mental Cases" be made available to cover the cost of providing
temporary security confinement of a limited number of mentally iii persons, with special
emphasis on those exhibiting homicidal, suicidal or other dangerous tendencies, in a
designated facility or facilities equipped and staffed to provide suitable care and treatment,
on an emergency basis, of such mentally ill persons.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the program be expanded to provide for the
emergency core of a limited number of extremely handicapped, mentally deficient children
in designated nursing homes especially licensed by the State Welfare Department to ; care for
the mentally handicapped; Provided, however, that no child shall be admitted to such .
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dition, the Court and that such child is awaiting admittance to a state institution and, in
investigation reveals that the child's admittance to a licensed our sin,;: ;1,..).:Tiv is necessary and
essential because of one of the following reasons:
1, That such child is homeless and possesses no responsible relative,
as defined by law, to provide care while awaiting admittance to
a state institution,
2, That such child's parents or parent, through death or illness of
a parent, inadequate housing facilities, eviction from home or,
in fact, any other extreme circumstances which would prevent
reasonable adequate care in the home while awaiting admittance
to a state institution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Auditors be authorized to make the
determination as to the child's eligibility, under the above outlined provisions, and to
arrange for the admittance of such child in a designated licensed nursing home while
awaiting admittance to a state institution and said Board of Auditors shall authorize payment
for the cost of care rendered by such licensed nursing homes and charge the some against the
funds provided in the budget for the year 1959 for the care of emergency mental cases.
MR. CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the Ways and Means Committee, move the
adoption of the foregoing resolution,
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
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