File #: 150933    Version: 1 Name: Settlement of Lawsuit - State of Nevada, the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services; Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services - City to Receive $400,000
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Introduced: 9/29/2015 In control: Clerk of the Board
On agenda: 9/29/2015 Final action: 11/10/2015
Enactment date: 11/10/2015 Enactment #: 196-15
Title: Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco against State of Nevada, the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”); Richard Whitley in his official capacity as Director of DHHS; the Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services (“SNAMHS”); and Joanne Malay in her official capacity as Hospital Administrator of SNAMHS for $400,000; the lawsuit was filed on September 10, 2013, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-13-534108; entitled City and County of San Francisco v. State of Nevada, the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”); Richard Whitley in his official capacity as Director of DHHS; the Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services (“SNAMHS”); and Joanne Malay in her official capacity as Hospital Administrator of SNAMHS; other material terms of the settlement are contractual obligations limiting Defendants’ practices relating to transfer of patients from Defendants psychiatric hospital to any city or county in the State of California.
Attachments: 1. Leg Ver1, 2. Comm Pkt 101515, 3. Board Pkt 102715, 4. Board Pkt 110315, 5. Leg Final
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