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Johnson County reviews annual agreement to fund court hospitalization referees
Summary
Johnson County officials heard an annual presentation from the Sixth Judicial District and the county attorney on a unique county-funded contract that supports mental-health hospitalization referees; board members discussed service benefits and local challenges to attorney participation.
Johnson County supervisors heard a presentation June 25 on the annual reimbursement agreement the county uses to support hospitalization referees who handle mental-health commitment hearings.
The agreement, the county attorney told the board, allows the courts to hold hearings three days a week rather than the once-weekly magistrate schedule common elsewhere in Iowa, which county officials said shortens the time people wait for hearings. "With that commitment from the board, the courts are able to serve some of the most vulnerable citizens of this community, in a much more efficient manner," Kelly Cortez,…
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