CSAC would like to notify counties of important updates included
in the Department of State Hospitals’ (DSH) Felony Incompetent to
Stand Trial (IST) Growth Cap Quarter 4 Progress Report. Please
see attached PDFs for additional information.
The intent of the progress report is to provide counties with
quarterly updates on how the current year trend of felony IST
determinations compares to baseline trends so counties have an
opportunity to take action that could result in preventing cap
overages and potential funding redirection.
Additional Growth Cap Program
Announcements
DSH will be issuing an update to DL 23-003, Attachment F: Rate &
Tier to reflect the application of a Statewide Median IST rate in
the calculation of Growth Cap invoices issued to counties that
are subject to fees as a result of exceeding the IST baseline
established for the county.
CSAC alongside county affiliates/partners had been
working with the department to implement this change that will
help counties that are facing a penalty, potentially reduce their
final penalty amount, if their county IST commitment rate is
lower than the statewide median IST commitment rate.
Please contact Ryan Morimune atrmorimune@counties.orgfor any questions about the Statewide Median IST rate
calculations.
The final reconciled data report of annual IST determinations for
FY 2023-24 will be completed by DSH no later than September 30,
2024, and released to counties by the end of October
2024. With that release will come the opening of the
dispute window for FY 2023-24 IST determination data. Please
refer to Attachment E, Dispute Process if you determine a
correction is needed after the release of the finalized data.
The detailed data from Q4 will be sent automatically to all
designated representatives on file in the coming days. If you
need a representative added please contact DSH at DSHISTGrowthCap@dsh.ca.gov.
