Commissioners approve amendment moving jail mental-health hours into cost pool
County sheriff asked the board to amend the jail health services contract, removing a dedicated four hours per week of contractor mental-health counseling and reallocating about $9,464 annually into the county's cost-pool for off-contract mental-health transports and overruns. The board approved the amendment.
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Sheriff Myra told commissioners the county—s contract with its jail health services provider should be amended to remove a line item for four hours per week of on-site mental-health counseling and instead reserve the associated money in a county cost pool for occasional transport or overrun expenses.
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