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Texas Tech outlines jail health-care program, offers telehealth and on-site staffing for county jails
Summary
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center presented to the Wichita County Commissioners Court a proposal to provide medical, mental health and dental services for county jail inmates, drawing on its experience operating correctional health programs in Lubbock County and in Texas Department of Criminal Justice facilities.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center told the Wichita County Commissioners Court on July 11 that it can provide on-site and telehealth medical, mental health and dental services for county jails, and described a staged approach used in Lubbock County that the university said could be applied in Wichita County. The presentation by Corey Schenk, senior managing director for Strategic Initiatives, and Kiana Caruso, project manager, said Texas Tech took over a Lubbock County contract in December 2024 and has delivered primary, specialty and dental care there while augmenting services with telehealth. "We took over that contract in December of 24," Schenk said. He added the program combines local staffing, telehealth specialty consults and coordination with local mental-health authorities. The university described…
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