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Supervisors receive report on jail health monitoring and plan to use CalAIM for justice‑involved care coordination
Summary
Public Health outlined audits showing gaps in contracted jail medical and mental‑health services, described a new county monitoring team and proposed using CalAIM/Enhanced Care Management to bill Medi‑Cal for pre‑release care and reentry coordination; board voted to receive and file the update.
County public‑health and behavioral‑health staff on March 11 described progress and continuing shortfalls in contracted correctional health services, and outlined how the state’s CalAIM Justice‑Involved Initiative could fund expanded pre‑release care coordination for people leaving jails and juvenile facilities.
Public Health said it has established a correctional health monitoring team — including a part‑time physician advisor and a full‑time correctional health quality manager — to audit performance metrics in the three county detention facilities and to review deaths in custody,…
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