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Kershaw County awards jail medical contract to ACH after debate over higher cost and higher‑level staffing
Summary
After questions and a brief delay for additional details, council voted to award the detention health services contract to Advanced Correctional Healthcare; the contract increases cost but raises clinical staffing from LPNs to RNs and adds prescriber hours and an in‑house MAT connection.
Kershaw County Council voted April 14 to award its detention health services contract to Advanced Correctional Healthcare (ACH) after discussion about cost increases and staffing levels. The decision followed a request from some members for additional particulars and a brief postponement while staff gathered details after executive session.
County Administrator Templer and procurement staff said the higher ACH bid was selected because it offered higher‑qualified clinical staff, more prescriber hours and an in‑house medically assisted…
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