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TRANSMITTAL MEMORANDUM
'ro: City Clerk
RE: Request for Services
The item(s) noted below is/are attached and forwarded to your office for the following action(s):
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Development Order
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Mayor's signature
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Final Plat (original mylars)
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Recording
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Letter of Credit
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Rendering
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Maintenance Bond
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Safe keeping (Vault)
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Ordinance
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Performance Bond
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Resolution
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MOU Seminole County Law Enforcement, South Seminole Hospital, University
Behavioral Center and Aspire Healthcare
Once completed, please:
❑ Return original
❑ Return copy
® Maintain the fully executed copy on file.
Special Instructions:
Please advise if you have any questions regarding the above.
Thank you!
Joni 2Uag& jdv uavW 13, 2020
From Date
Seminole County Law Enforcement, South Seminole Hospital, University Behavioral
Center, and Aspire Health Partners, Inc
The purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding is to ensure the continued best interest of
persons in need of public mental healthcare in Seminole County is served and ensure that
individuals held on an involuntary Baker Act or Hal Marchman Act will obtain immediate access
to acute care services.
Seminole County Law Enforcement (Altamonte Springs Police Department, Casselberry
Police Department, Lake Mary Police Department, Longwood Police Department, Oviedo
Police Department, Sanford Airport Police Department, Sanford Police Department,
Seminole County Sheriff's Office, and the Winter Springs Police Department), along with
the designated receiving facilities (Aspire Health Partners, Inc., South Seminole Hospital,
and University Behavioral Center) agree that providing immediate access to acute care
serves will reduce the need for inter -hospital transfers for psychiatric and addiction
services.
Seminole County has an active Crisis Intervention Team, with a Coordinator at the Seminole
County Sheriff's Office. When possible, involuntary examinations initiated by law enforcement
officers will be completed and transported by CIT trained Deputies and Officers.
Therefore it is agreed that:
I. The law enforcement officer shall deliver each individual under involuntary
examination status (Baker Act) to the most appropriate or nearest receiving facility.
The most appropriate facility may be based on previous examinations and/or location
of the individual's doctor or location that is in the best interest of the individual based
on services provided. The designated receiving facilities for Seminole County are:
Aspire Health Partners, Inc. — 919 E. 2nd Street, Sanford
South Seminole Hospital — 555 W. S.R. 434, Longwood
University Behavioral Center — 2500 Discovery Drive, Orlando
2. Upon arrival at the receiving facility, the deputy or officer shall complete the required
paperwork and then may leave the individual at the receiving facility with the
appropriate receiving facility personnel. The law enforcement officer does not have
to wait at a receiving facility for the person to be medically screened, treated, or to
have their insurance verified.
3. The receiving facility must accept all law enforcement initiated involuntary
examinations.
4. If there are no available beds, or it is determined that the person is in need of services
from a different facility, not including medical, the appropriate staff at the receiving
facility will arrange for appropriate transfer.
5. If there is an accompanying medical issue and the individual is also in need of an
involuntary examination, law enforcement shall follow their agency policy and EMS
shall transport to the closest or most appropriate medical facility.
6. The receiving facility will ensure that the individual receives the Mandatory Initial
Involuntary Examination prior to release. If found to meet the criteria for admission,
he/she will be admitted or transferred to another receiving facility. Otherwise, a
qualified professional, as defined in F.S. 394.455 (38), will release the individual with
referrals to community services as appropriate.
7. Individuals taken into protective custody on an involuntary Baker Act by another
individual and/or agency other than Law Enforcement (i.e. Doctor), will be
transported to the most appropriate or nearest receiving facility by any Law
Enforcement Officer or Deputy.
8. Individuals taken into protective custody through an ex parte order, issued by a Judge,
will be transported by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office to the facility designated
in the order.
9. Regarding individuals with criminal or non -criminal charges in addition to the
initiation of a Baker Act:
a. A law enforcement officer who has custody of an individual based on a non-
criminal violation or arrested for a misdemeanor shall transport the individual to
the receiving facility for examination, except in those instances that the deputy or
officer feels that direct transport to the jail is appropriate based on the nature of
the charges or criminal history of the individual. The deputy or officer will inform
the receiving facility personnel of the pending charges and instruct them not to
release the person except back to the law enforcement agency that brought the
individual to the facility. A Pending Criminal Charges form will be provided to the
facilityfor each individual with appropriate release contact information. This form
should also be completed in cases where the deputy or officer has completed the
absentee booking process at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility. This will ensure
the arresting agency is made aware the subject can be transported to the
correctional facility for booking post involuntary assessment.
b. A law enforcement officer who has arrested an individual for a felony shall book
the individual into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility in the same manner as any
other felony arrest. The law enforcement officer will notify a booking officer that
a referral to the mental health team is necessary.
10. Should the individual be in need of an involuntary examination under the Hal
Marchman Act, the deputy or officer shall transport him/her to Aspire Health
Partners, Inc. (note: the use of this facility is dependent upon bed availability). In the
event that Aspire has no beds available, the individual should be transported to the
John E. Polk Correctional Facility.
We, the undersigned, enter into this Memorandum ofUnderstanding as interagency partners.
This Memorandum of Understanding hereby supersedes any previously signed memorandum of
understanding inthis matter.
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