HomeMy WebLinkAboutPD11-323 - Other - KC Dept of Community & Human Services - MOU for 2011- Memorandum of Agreement - 01/01/2011 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
between the
KING COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND HUMAN SERVICES
and the
CITY OF KENT
for
JAIL TRANSITION SERVICES
2011 - 2013
The following agreement is entered into between the King County Department of Community
and Human Services (the County) and the City of Kent(the City) effective January 1, 2011
through December 31, 2013 unless terminated by either party. This agreement covers
relationships and operational agreements for purposes of providing jail transition services to
defendants with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders being released from
the City of Kent Corrections Facility, the King County Correctional Facility in Seattle, or the
Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.
I. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
A. Goals
1. To ensure that eligible Medicaid recipients and non-Medicaid persons receive
easily accessible, acceptable, culturally relevant, coordinated, comprehensive,
and quality mental health services
2. To ensure that services not only provide symptom relief, but that services are
provided from a recovery perspective to assist clients to find what has been lost
in their lives due to their illness including the opportunity to make friends, use
natural supports, make choices about their care, find and keep lobs, and to
develop personal mechanisms for coping and for regaining independence.
B Objectives
1 To ensure that active engagement and discharge planning occurs during
incarceration
2. To provide data that will allow the analysis of defendant and program outcomes
of linkage of appropriate defendants to the Jail Transition Services program.
C. Eligibility
1. Client Eligibility for referral to the Jail Transition Services program includes adults
who have an annual income of not more than 200 percent of federal poverty level
and who:
a. Are being released from custody at the City of Kent Corrections Facility;
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b. Have a history of two or more incarcerations in King County, including the
current incarceration,
c. Have an Axis I major mental disorder that is ongoing and that interferes with
age-appropriate social and role functioning, and an active substance-related
disorder that is ongoing,
d. Are not enrolled in outpatient tier services provided through the King County
Mental Health Plan nor engaged in outpatient substance use disorder
treatment services, excluding opiate substitution treatment,
e. Are residents of the City of Kent, King County, or are homeless,
f. Are referred by a representative of the court; and
g. Agree to participate in the program
2. Clients who are not eligible for the Jail Transition Services program and should
not be referred include.
a. Defendants whose current charges include a sex offense or arson,
b Defendants whose felony criminal history or registration status (regardless of
current charges) includes arson or Level III Sex Offender, respectively
3. Level II Sex Offender cases must be reviewed and approved by the Criminal
Justice Initiative Program Manager prior to Jail Transition Services program
placement
D Definitions
1. Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment and Support Act (ADATSA). Services for
individuals who meet both financial criteria as established by the Washington
State Department of Social & Health Services (DSHS) Community Services
Office and are assessed as having a drug or alcohol treatment need; treatment
may include inpatient (residential services) and outpatient (individual and group
counseling)
2. Axis 1 major mental disorder: A mental disorder as defined by the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual fourth edition or as revised which that is ongoing and
interferes with age-appropriate social and role functioning.
3. Defendant An individual incarcerated in a municipal jail waiting release.
4. Medicaid Recipient. An individual who is currently enrolled in the Medicaid
program, as shown on the medical identification card
5 Non-Medicaid Client: Individuals who do not hold a valid card showing they meet
Medicaid eligibility requirements. Mental health services will be available to non-
Medicaid persons as resources permit
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E. General Program Requirements
1 The County and City shall conduct services in accordance with state and federal
confidentiality,requlrements including 42 CFR Part 2, 45 CFR Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Parts 160 and 164.
2. The City shall conduct services in accordance with state and federal
requirements including applicable Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 289-
20-240 and 246-869-080
3. The County and City shall be solely responsible for compliance with generally
accepted professional and ethical standards for the services each performs, and
for the quality of the services each performs All duties performed by the County
and the City shall be consistent with the applicable requirements of all formal
bodies, governmental or otherwise, to which the County or City and its clinicians
are subject with respect to licensing, certification, registration, and/or
accreditation
F. Program Specific Requirements
1. The City shall:
a. Identify and provide transition services to persons with mental illness and/or
substance abuse disorders to expedite and facilitate their return to the
community via the following;
i Arrange for mental health screening for individuals who display behavior
consistent with a need for such screening or who have been referred by
jail staff, or officers of the court,
ii. Assess persons incarcerated at the City of Kent Corrections Facility for
program eligibility, particularly those persons who are members of the
priority populations as defined in Chapter 7124 RCW ,
iii Referral to the DSHS for facilitation of expedited medical and financial
eligibility determination with the goal of immediate access to entitlements
and other publicly funded benefits, including ADATSA, upon release from
incarceration
b. Provide medications prescribed to incarcerated individuals at the City of Kent
Corrections Facility for the purposes of relieving psychiatric symptoms,
including medications to ameliorate the side effects of psychotropic
medication;
c. Provide defendant information to the County or the County's contracted
agency, Sound Mental Health (SMH) upon request,
d Provide a referral to SMH's criminal justice liaison prior to the person's
release from jail in order to determine eligibility and amenability for
appropriate mental health, chemical dependency or other services, including
the Reentry Case Management Services program, to stabilize the person in
the community;
e. Collaborate with other human services system liaisons under contract with
the County, court staff, and SMH in arranging for services to persons referred
by the jail; and
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f. If and when applicable, ensure that persons who have been diagnosed with a
mental illness or identified as in need of mental health services and are
transferred to another jurisdiction, such as a tribal jail or a jail in another
county, receive appropriate transition services including prudent pre-release
case management and transition planning.
2. The City shall:
a. Retain complete responsibility for and control of its practice and the practice
of clinicians under its employ or contract;
b. Be responsible for all acts and decisions in connection therewith, and
c. Conduct its practice in accordance with its own best clinical judgment and
discretion
3. The County shall:
a. Ensure the provision of appropriate mental health or substance use disorder
treatment, support services, and transportation to the service site from the
municipal jail or the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center(RJC) for eligible
defendants being released from custody;
b. Provide ADATSA assessments (including video assessments) and eligibility
determination, and place eligible and amenable defendants in appropriate
substance use disorder treatment upon release,
c. Ensure the provision of reentry case management services for defendants
who are exiting jail and who are eligible and participate in this program and
d. Analyze data and evaluate program and client outcomes
4. The County shall assure that its subcontractors including SMH will:
a. Coordinate with the City and share information as needed and permitted; i
b Screen and assess City of Kent defendants incarcerated at the RJC for
program eligibility via the criminal justice liaison,
c. Coordinate with jail representatives to pick-up eligible defendants at the i
municipal jail or RJC for immediate transport to the service site,
d. Provide mental health and/or substance use disorder treatment, transitional
housing, assistance with locating or applying for permanent housing,
medications, case management and other support services, and assistance
with applying for entitlements and other publicly funded benefits, and a
e. Submit participate data electronically and hard copy to the County
II. REFERRAL DATA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, AND DATA SECURITY
A. Referral Data
The City will provide defendant data in a format mutually agreed upon by the City
and the County to expedite and assure an appropriate referral to Sound Mental
Health for services. Data needed for an appropriate referral may include the
following
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Data Element Descri tion
First Name First name
Middle Name Middle name or initial
Last Name Last name
DOB Birth date
Gender Male or Female
Ethnicity
Hispanic Origin
Court Case Number Court Case Number
Booking Date Date consumer was booked in jail
Exit date Date consumer was released from jail
B. Annual Reports and Other One-Time-Only Reports
The City shall provide City of Kent Corrections Facility booking data for program
participant outcome evaluation purposes on a schedule and in a format agreed upon
by the County and the City
C. Data Security and Confidentiality
If the data provided by the City includes social security numbers, the County
promises that the social security numbers released shall be treated as confidential
information that will only be used for the purpose of research and evaluation of the
Jail Transition Services program or the Criminal Justice Initiatives project, and it shall
disclose the numbers only to employees of the Department of Community and
Human Services
1, The County will not disclose, publish, or otherwise reveal any of the social
security numbers to any other party whatsoever except with the specific prior
written authorization of the City and will take best efforts and precautions to
prevent and protect the numbers from disclosure to any person other than the
Department's employees
2. The County agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the City against any
loss, including attorney fees, damage, or liability arising from disclosure of the
social security numbers provided by the City The County shall have sole control
of the defense and settlement of any claims for which it provides indemnification.
III. TERMINATION
Either party may terminate this Agreement at a date prior to the date specified in this
Agreement, by giving 45 days written notice to the other party
IV. AMENDMENTS
Either party may request changes to this Agreement. Proposed changes that are
mutually agreed upon shall be incorporated by written amendments to this Agreement.
V. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement, including any amendments attached hereto, sets forth the entire
relationship of the parties to the subject matter hereof, and any other agreement,
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representation, or understanding, verbal or otherwise, dealing in any manner with the
subject matter of this Agreement is hereby deemed to be null and void and of no force
and effect whatsoever.
IN WITNESS HERETO, the City of Kent and the Department of Community and Human
Services, Mental Health, Chemical Abuse and Dependency Services Division, have executed
this Agreement as of the dates written below
KING COUNTY CITY of KENT
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Jackie Macl-Ekhn, Director fSze to ke, Mayor
Department of Community and Human Services
Date Date
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