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Kings County Board OKs emergency procurement authority for psychiatric and specialty placements
Summary
The board approved a resolution allowing Kings County Behavioral Health to arrange and pay directly for emergency inpatient and residential psychiatric placements to ensure timely care and provider payment, citing state emergency procurement exemptions and existing budget appropriations.
Kings County supervisors voted Dec. 16 to authorize emergency procurement authority for specialized inpatient psychiatric and residential behavioral health placements, a move county officials said is intended to prevent delays in care and keep providers paid.
Dr. Lisa Lewis, director of Kings County Behavioral Health, told the board that emergency psychiatric and foster‑youth placement services are time sensitive and often initiated by law enforcement, hospitals or child welfare, and that ‘‘bed availability is highly constrained within the state of…
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