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Sheriff asks commissioners to amend jail medical services contract as inmate medical workload increases
Summary
The sheriff requested a contract amendment with Southern Health Partners to increase jail medical nursing from 20 to 40 hours per week; the board approved the amendment and the sheriff said the increase will be funded by reallocating MAT-program budget funds.
The Grand County Sheriff asked the Board of County Commissioners to approve a contract amendment with Southern Health Partners to expand medical services at the county jail from a 20-hour-per-week position to approximately 40 hours per week. The board approved the requested amendment.
Sheriff Brett Shortland told commissioners the workload in the county detention facility quickly exceeded the originally budgeted 20 hours per week for the medical provider and that the position functions closer to a…
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