File #: 2010-0257    Version:
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 4/12/2010 In control: Law, Justice, Health and Human Services Committee
On agenda: Final action: 5/10/2010
Enactment date: Enactment #: 13217
Title: A MOTION accepting the mental illness and drug dependency annual report for 2009, transmitted March 31, 2010, in compliance with Ordinances 15949, 16261 and 16262.
Sponsors: Bob Ferguson
Indexes: Mental Health
Attachments: 1. 13217.pdf, 2. 2010-0257 Transmittal Letter.doc, 3. A. Mental Illness and Drug Dependency First Year Implementation and Evaluation Summary, October 1, 2008 – September 30, 2009, dated February 2010, 4. 2010-0257 Amendment 1, 5. 2010-0257 Staff Report 04-14-10, 6. 2010-0257 REVISED STAFF REPORT, 7. 2010-0257 MIDD AR LJHHSC, 8. A. Mental Illness and Drug Dependency First Year Implementation and Evaluation Summary, October 1, 2008 – September 30, 2009, dated February 2010
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Clerk 04/20/2010
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A MOTION accepting the mental illness and drug dependency annual report for 2009, transmitted March 31, 2010, in compliance with Ordinances 15949, 16261 and 16262.
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WHEREAS, in 2005, the state Legislature authorized counties to implement a one-tenth of one percent sales and use tax to support new or expanded chemical dependency or mental health treatment programs and services and for the operation of new or expanded therapeutic court programs and services, and
WHEREAS, in November 2007, the council approved Ordinance 15949 authorizing the levy collection of and legislative policies for the expenditure of revenues from an additional sales and use tax of one-tenth of one percent for the delivery of mental health and chemical dependency services and therapeutic courts, and
WHEREAS, the ordinance defined the following five policy goals for programs supported through sales tax funds:
1. A reduction of the number of mentally ill and chemically dependent using costly interventions like jail, emergency rooms and hospitals;
2. A reduction of the number of people who recycle through the jail, returning repeatedly as a result of their mental illness or chemical dependency;
3. A reduction of the incidence and severity of chemical dependency and mental and emotional disorders in youth and adults;
4. Diversion of mentally ill and chemically dependent youth and adults from initial or further justice system involvement; and
5. Explicit linkage with, and furthering the work of, other council directed efforts including, the adult and juvenile justice operational master plans, the Plan to End Homelessness, the Veterans and Human Services Levy Services Improvement Plan and the county Recovery Plan, and
WHEREAS, the ordinance established a policy framework for measuring the public's investment, requiring the King County executive to submit oversight, implementation and evaluation plans for the programs funded with tax reve...

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