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Shawnee County approves local competency restoration contract with Valeo Behavioral Healthcare
Summary
The county approved a contract with Valeo Behavioral Healthcare to provide on-site competency restoration services at the county jail at no cost to the department, aiming to reduce long waits for inpatient placement out of county.
The Shawnee County Board of County Commissioners approved a contract with Valeo Behavioral Healthcare to provide on-site competency restoration services inside the county adult detention center, the board decided during its Feb. 6 meeting.
The contract (C45-2025) was approved 3-0. County officials said the service will be provided at no cost to the Department of Corrections because the state set up a fund to pay for the program.
Tim Phelps, Department of Corrections, described the item as “probably the final building block to be put into place for a multi year project that we've been working on.” He said the change is intended to ease delays created when defendants found incompetent to stand trial wait for placement at state facilities such as Larned, and that Shawnee County will be “the…
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