Who
- Kern County hospitals
- Kern County Behavioral Health & Recovery Services (Kern BHRS)
What
Hospital Council has continued to facilitate regular meetings between Kern BHRS and Kern County hospitals. Recently, the meeting cadence has increased to monthly to work through details and needs stemming from Senate Bill (SB) 43.
One of the items discussed was the creation of 15 workgroups by Kern BHRS to tackle different aspects of SB 43. Kern BHRS wants two or three representatives from each hospital to participate in one workgroup that will focus on hospitals, which will meet more regularly and separate from the other workgroups. This is ideal for hospital staff members who want or need to be fully immersed to work on protocol, policy, flow, etc.
Takeaway/Next Steps
Hospital Council is gathering a list of representatives from each hospital to participate in the hospital workgroup for SB 43.
Contact
President & CEO Bryan Bucklew bbucklew@hospitalcouncil.org