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Sheriff announces new inmate health-care contract; commission discusses ADA compliance and committee appointments
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Summary
Sheriff Bob Brooks announced a contract with Southern Health Partners to provide inmate health care beginning Dec. 1, 2018; the commission discussed upcoming ADA compliance recording requirements and approved committee appointments to planning and personnel committees.
At the Nov. 19, 2018 Claiborne County Commission meeting Sheriff Bob Brooks informed commissioners that the sheriff’s office entered a contract with Southern Health Partners to provide inmate health care effective Dec. 1, 2018. The minutes record the sheriff said the arrangement is expected to yield cost savings while providing better coverage; Regional Director Darrell Regan of Southern Health Partners provided further contract details in the meeting record. The minutes do not include the contract text or detailed savings calculations.
Commissioner Juanita Honeycutt raised that beginning in 2019 the county must have ADA compliance records available for audit; she recommended CTAS training and said a committee would likely be needed to oversee compliance. The item was discussion-only and no committee was appointed at that time in the minutes.
The commission approved several committee appointments during the meeting: Stacey Crawford was appointed to the Planning Commission (Resolution 2018-086) with the resolution amended to include 'the public welfare requiring it'; Nathan Epperson was appointed to the Buildings, Grounds and Personnel Committee (Resolution 2018-088) after amendment and aye vote.
The meeting adjourned after those items; the minutes record that Southern Health Partners would begin inmate health services Dec. 1, 2018 but do not record contract execution dates or detailed fiscal terms in the public minutes.