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Court approves MOU allowing county to use grant funds for jail medication costs
Summary
The court approved a care-coordination MOU with Central County Services to use a regional grant to pay for medications for mental-health consumers sent for evaluation who later return to the jail; staff said the arrangement will reduce county medication costs that can reach about $1,000 per person.
Captain Clinton described a memorandum of understanding between Central County Services and the county jail that would allow the county to use the partner agency's grant funds to pay for medications for mental-health consumers restored after evaluation. "So what this grant does through Central Counties... and the MOU is we're gonna be allowed to use their grant, and they pay for all the medications," Captain Clinton said.
He told the court that when individuals are sent out for evaluations and then returned after restoration, the county sometimes must pay for medications that can cost up to about $1,000. Under the MOU, Central County Services would cover those medication costs using grant funds so the county would not have to pay those costs directly.
Commissioner Matthews moved to approve the agreement and Commissioner Taylor seconded; the voice vote carried. The transcript does not specify the grant name or the dollar value of the county's avoided costs beyond the per-person medication examples.
