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Board approves interlocal search‑and‑rescue agreement and authorizes jail telehealth amendment
Summary
The board approved an interlocal participation agreement for the Oakland County Sheriff's Search and Rescue Team and an amendment adding telehealth psychiatric visits to the jail’s OCN agreement, including provision of iPads for remote care; the items passed unanimously as recorded.
Oakland County commissioners approved two sheriff's office recommendations: an interlocal agreement to participate with the county search‑and‑rescue team and an amendment to the county's OCN agreement to allow telehealth psychiatric visits in the jail.
The sheriff's office representative described the search‑and‑rescue agreement as similar to prior agreements with municipalities but notable because it is with another county rather than a city or township. On the jail telehealth amendment, staff said the change adds a section authorizing telepsychiatry and that the sheriff's office will provide iPads to the Oakland County Network (OCN) for clinicians to perform remote psychiatric visits.
A commissioner asked whether there is a private space for telehealth; staff replied that the jail uses the same private location applied to other remote visits. The board approved both items on a unanimous voice vote.
The vote was recorded in the meeting as five yays and zero nays. No additional conditions or amendments were recorded in the transcript.
