Title
a. Receive a report from the Sheriff's Office on a new multi-year contract with California Forensic Medical Group (CFMG) to provide comprehensive inmate health care services in the Monterey County Jail; and
b. Support a multi-year contract with CFMG.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors' Budget Committee support presenting a multi-year contract with CFMG to the Board of Supervisors.
SUMMARY:
California Forensic Medical Group (CFMG) is the current provider of inmate health services for inmates in the Monterey County Jail. The existing contract has been in place for many years. County Counsel and Sheriff's personnel have been working together with CFMG on a new contract. The new contract completely overhauls the dated contract currently in place. This new document will contain the newest version of the County contract template. It will also contain a completely new scope of the work. The scope of work now contains modern day references to all the requirements brought in to place from the Hernandez Implementation plans for both the County and CFMG. Additionally, the new contract will require inmate medical services be accredited by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC). NCCHC standards are widely viewed as the most rigorous and NCCHC accreditation is considered the most thorough in the U.S. In many court cases, NCCHC standards have been held as the model to which correctional facilities should strive. Bringing the Monterey County Jail health care up to NCCHC accreditation will be a benefit to inmates, inmate families, and to the entire health care system in Monterey County. A high standard of jail health will help ensure a continuity of care and treatment for inmates who are often patients of local area clinics once they leave custody. The NCCHC accreditation also brings a whole new layer of quality assurance to the jail health program. Independent NCCHC auditors will thoroughly evaluat...
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