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Blaine County approves clinician-led co-response team MOU with Family Health Services
Summary
The Board approved an amended MOU and Business Associate Agreement establishing a clinician-led Co-Response Team between the Sheriff’s Office and Family Health Services to coordinate behavioral-health responses in the field.
Sheriff Morgan Ballis presented a memorandum of understanding establishing a clinician-led Co-Response Team (CRT) in partnership with Family Health Services and Blaine County. The Board reviewed an amendment to indemnification language and approved the MOU and associated Business Associate Agreement.
Commissioners discussed operational coordination between the Sheriff’s Office and the clinic partner and approved the agreements to begin formalizing the CRT. The record shows the Board approved the documents as amended, authorizing staff to implement the co-response framework.
"The MOU and the Business Associate Agreement, as amended today, establish the clinician-led Co-Response Team," the Board found when taking action to approve implementation steps. The agreements formalize data-sharing and operational roles to support field responses to behavioral-health incidents.
