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Committee forwards plan to replace clinic deputies with community‑based client safety teams
Summary
The committee advanced a Department of Public Health proposal to replace full‑time sheriff deputies at four clinics with contracted, community‑based 'client safety' services (peer‑based, de‑escalation and navigation) and moved the Prop J certification and contracting resolution to the full Board with a positive recommendation.
The Budget and Appropriations Committee voted on June 21 to forward to the full Board a Department of Public Health proposal to change clinic safety staffing at four primary care and behavioral health clinics: the department proposes to replace full‑time sheriff deputies at those clinics with community‑based client‑safety teams trained in de‑escalation and patient navigation.
Greg Wagner, chief operating officer for DPH, described the proposed model as…
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