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Lavaca County approves interlocal agreement with Gulf Bend Center to support crisis-response team
Summary
The commissioners approved an interlocal agreement with Gulf Bend Center to reimburse after-hours transportation and overtime for the county's new mental health crisis-response program; deputies say the program has already enabled jail diversion in at least one recent case.
Lavaca County commissioners on Oct. 14 approved an interlocal agreement with Gulf Bend Center intended to reimburse the county for after-hours mental-health transports and overtime incurred by the county's new crisis-response effort.
The agreement covers a reimbursement pool of $5,000 from Gulf Bend to help pay overtime when deputies respond to mental-health crises outside regular duty hours, a county law-enforcement official told the court before the vote. The court approved the measure by voice vote.
Why it matters: County officials said the funding and the formal agreement make…
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