Item:
Title
Approval of Service Contract for Psychiatric Services at the Durham County Detention Facility
Body
Date of BOCC Meeting: August 12, 2019
Request for Board Action:
Agenda Text
The Board is requested to authorize the County Manager to enter into a service contract in the amount of $81,900.00 with Psychiatric Services and Consultation, LLC to provide psychiatric services to individuals in the Durham County Detention Facility.
Dr. Patricia Knaudt with Psychiatric Services and Consultation, LLC serves as the Durham County Detention Facility’s Mental Health Director, making clinical decisions concerning the care of mental health clients. This service agreement is necessary to ensure that individuals with mental illness in the Durham County Detention Facility have access to psychiatric services, including evaluation and assessment, crisis intervention, as well as medication management and monitoring. Funding for the contract has been allocated in the Criminal Justice Resource Center’s FY20 budget.
Alignment With Strategic Plan: This request supports the County’s Strategic Plan’s Goals 2: Health and Well-Being for All and Goal 3: Safe Community.
Resource Persons: Gudrun Parmer, CJRC Director
County Manager’s Recommendation: The County Manager recommends that the Board authorize the County Manager to enter into a service contract in the amount of $81,900.00 with Psychiatric Services and Consultation, LLC to provide psychiatric services to individuals in the Durham County Detention Facility.
Signature
County Manager: ____________________________