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3 <br /> Before the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING <br /> INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES <br /> BY THE UNC HEALTH CARE SYSTEM <br /> TO YOUTH BEHAVIORAL HOSPITAL (BUTNER, NC) <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-251(a), Orange County <br /> has the duty to provide, through its law enforcement officers, transportation <br /> under the civil commitment proceedings of Article 5 of Chapter 122C of the <br /> North Carolina General Statutes for: (i) respondents who reside in Orange <br /> County; and, (ii) respondents taken into custody within Orange County (the <br /> "Transportation Services"); and, <br /> WHEREAS, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-251(8) permits the Orange County Board <br /> of Commissioners to designate law enforcement personnel, volunteers, or other <br /> public or private agency personnel to provide all or parts of the Transportation <br /> Services required by involuntary commitment proceedings (an "IVC <br /> Transportation Plan"), provided such designated persons are willing and trained <br /> as set forth in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-202.2(a)(3), and further provided any such <br /> IVC Transportation Plan assures adequate safety and protection of both the <br /> public and the respondent; and it further appearing all requirements of section <br /> 251(8) are satisfied here; and, <br /> WHEREAS, as required by N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-251(8), the Orange <br /> County Board of Commissioners has adopted an IVC Transportation Plan, and <br /> the UNC Heath Care System ("UNC Health") now desires to provide certain <br /> Transportation Services consistent with that plan; and, <br /> WHEREAS, UNC Health currently operates facilities within Orange County <br /> at which involuntary civil commitment respondents are located, including but not <br /> limited to inpatient psychiatric facilities and emergency departments; and <br /> WHEREAS, UNC Health will soon begin operating a new facility in Butner, <br /> North Carolina known as "Youth Behavioral Hospital" which will operate as an <br /> inpatient psychiatric facility and will provide treatment and care to minors who are <br /> experiencing behavioral health crises; and, <br /> WHEREAS, UNC Health anticipates that a high volume of patients at its <br /> Orange County facilities who are involuntary civil commitment respondents will <br /> require Transportation Services from those Orange County facilities to Youth <br /> Behavioral Hospital; and, <br /> WHEREAS, UNC Health anticipates this high demand for Transportation <br /> Services from its Orange County facilities to Youth Behavioral Hospital will <br /> exist on a regular and sustained basis into the indefinite future; and, <br /> Page 1 of 3 <br />