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Committee authorizes school satellites and funds for psychiatric care; county to contract with peer‑support provider
Summary
Cayuga County mental‑health staff won committee approval to establish school‑based satellite clinics, transfer funds for psychiatric care tied to competency exams and contract with Nix’s Ride for peer support using opioid settlement dollars; county officials warned forensic hospitalizations and competency determinations remain unpredictable.
The Cayuga County Legislature’s Health & Human Services Committee approved measures to expand mental‑health access in schools, fund psychiatric care linked to competency evaluations and sustain peer‑support outreach for people with opioid use disorder.
Public‑facing school services: the committee authorized the county to create satellite mental‑health clinic locations in school districts, citing Moravia as a priority. County staff said satellites allow clinic‑billable individual visits—including individual DBT sessions—and that insurance…
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