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Commissioners debate mental-health board, transport barriers and opioid grant opportunities tied to tribal coordination
Summary
Buffalo County commissioners discussed forming a mental health board, obstacles to committing and transporting people for evaluation on reservation lands, and pursuing state opioid-prevention grants, with staff and a judicial official outlining two transport solutions: a memorandum with the sheriff or tribe hiring sworn officers.
Commissioners set the stage to form a county mental health board next January and discussed working with tribal leaders and providers to address a continuing series of suicides and substance-related crises. A commissioner noted: "we've probably vary 2 people every **** week since March," underscoring the local urgency for prevention and treatment options.
A judicial official (identified in the transcript as Deitch) described the statutory petition and commitment process, and explained transportation is…
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