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Committee grants six‑month extension for inmate health contract amid litigation and protests
Summary
The Fiscal Review Committee approved a six‑month extension of the Department of Correction’s contract with Centurion of Tennessee to continue inmate medical and behavioral-health services while litigation and protests over the procurement proceed.
The Tennessee Fiscal Review Committee on June 4 approved a six‑month extension of the Department of Correction’s contract with Centurion of Tennessee to ensure continuity of medical and behavioral‑health services at state correctional facilities while procurement protests and litigation proceed.
Why it matters: the Department of Correction is statutorily required to provide health care to inmates; the committee was told the department has been advised by the attorney general’s office not to release a new RFP while…
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