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Board adopts ordinance to preserve adult residential facility beds; duplicates file to address staff–worker working group
Summary
Supervisors approved an ordinance requiring the Department of Public Health to maintain an adult residential facility and to protect long-term beds for severely mentally ill residents; the sponsor moved to duplicate the file so the board can consider a substantive amendment establishing a working group.
Supervisor Hillary Ronan presented an ordinance that amends the health code to require the Department of Public Health to operate and maintain an adult residential facility (ARF) at full capacity and to protect long-term beds for severely mentally ill residents.
The legislation incorporates an agreement among worker leaders, SEIU Local 1021, DPH leadership and the mayor’s office to preserve clinical capacity and provide staff protections, Supervisor Ronan said. "This agreement will protect the health and stability of 32 severely mentally ill residents who currently…
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