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2187 MOU SCSO/South Seminole/Univ Behav/Aspire(SANFORD POLICE DEPARTMF.W) 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): ❑ Development Order ❑ Mayor's signature ❑ Final Plat (original mylars) ❑ Recording ❑ Letter of Credit ❑ Rendering ❑ Maintenance Bond ® Safe keeping (Vault) ❑ Ordinance ❑ ❑ Performance Bond ❑ Resolution ® 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. Dat 4Cf D nie2t—�—S-"rutz Date Ahief La r /D%Zntz Date Altamonte Springs Police Department Casselberry Police Dep rtment City of Longwood, a Florida municipal corporation for its Longwood Police Department � � Matt Morga Date � 04ef David ate Chief Michael L. Biles Date Chief Dale Coleman Date Oviedo Police Department Thq Chief Chris Deis/er Date Winter Springs Police Department Chief Thomas Fuerher Date Sanford Airport Police Department Mr. Shawn Date Winter Springs'-ety manager Ms. Babette_key, CEO Date Aspire,Hofh Pirtr.Ors, Inc. VIEW r. Ken Henddr-son iiversitv Behavioral Center Mr. Brandon Zumbrum Date South Seminole Hospital �� / // jkmArn mt��� ill al�et key, CEO Date Date AspireHea��Partnen�|nc South Seminole Hospital Mr. Ken Henderson Date University Behavioral Center