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9 <br /> Janet Hadar <br /> U "N4 C President, UNC Hospitals <br /> 101 Manning Dr. <br /> HEALTH Med Wing E,3rd Floor <br /> O Chapel Hill, NC 27514 <br /> October 2023 <br /> Jamezetta Bedford <br /> Chair, Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> 300 W. Tryon St. <br /> Whitted Bldg. Rm-220 <br /> Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> Chair Bedford, <br /> I am writing to provide the Orange County Board of Commissioners with the written <br /> consent of UNC Hospitals to the proposed modification of the Orange County Involuntary <br /> Commitment Transportation Agreement which is currently pending before the Board. This <br /> written consent is required by N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-251(g)(3). <br /> If adopted, the proposed modification will designate UNC Hospitals as an agency <br /> authorized to transport patients under involuntary civil commitment at its Orange County <br /> facilities from those facilities to Youth Behavioral Hospital in Butner, North Carolina. <br /> YBH—scheduled to open later this year—is an inpatient psychiatric facility operated by <br /> UNC Hospitals where children from across the State who are experiencing behavioral <br /> health crises will come to receive treatment and care. <br /> Historically, UNC Hospitals has been required to exclusively rely on the Orange <br /> County Sheriff's Office to transport patients to inpatient psychiatric facilities like YBH. <br /> This proposed modification, however, will authorize UNC Hospitals to transport patients <br /> to YBH without involvement from the Sheriff. Both Orange County and UNC Hospitals <br /> will benefit from such an arrangement. <br /> I urge the Orange County Board of Commissioners to approve this modification. <br /> Please contact me if I can provide you with any further information regarding this matter. <br /> Best regards, <br /> ?anit Hadar <br /> President <br /> UNC Hospitals <br /> Page 1 of 1 <br />