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a. Approve and Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer or Contracts/Purchasing Supervisor to sign Amendment 2 to the California Forensic Medical Group, Inc.(CFMG) Professional Services Agreement A-13814 for the Jail Based Competency Treatment (JBCT) program, in the amount of $2,319,666 for a term retroactive to July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023. This amendment provides for the extra contracted medical care for the Sheriff's Office and Department of State Hospitals Jail Based Competency Treatment program whose cost will be absorbed through the Sheriff's JBCT contract with the Department of State Hospitals.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer or Contracts/Purchasing Supervisor to sign Amendment 2 to the California Forensic Medical Group, Inc.(CFMG) Professional Services Agreement A-13814 for the Jail Based Competency Treatment (JBCT) program, in the amount of $2,319,666 for a term retroactive to July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023. This amendment provides for the extra contracted medical care for the Sheriff's Office and Department of State Hospitals Jail Based Competency Treatment program whose cost will be absorbed through the Sheriff's JBCT contract with the Department of State Hospitals.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
On September 10, 2019, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a contract between the MCSO and the Department of State Hospitals (DSH) to host a regional Jail Based Competency Treatment (JBCT) program aimed at restoring to competency those inmates charged with felonies and found by the courts to be incompetent to stand trial, with board order A-14494. Due to the continued need for beds and program space for inmates found incompetent to stand trial, DSH has requested (and the Board approved the DSH contract on August 24, 2021) that MCSO continue the program until June 30, 2023.
Monterey County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) has engaged...
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