Item Description:
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Amd 1 to Agmt PR00001344 with Centurion Detention Health Services, LLC, for comprehensive correctional healthcare to DOCCR institutions, ext term to 10/31/26, incr NTE by $21,663,431
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that Amendment 1 to Agreement PR00001344 with Centurion Detention Health Services, LLC, for comprehensive correctional healthcare services for the two institutions of the Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation extending the contract through October 31, 2026, and increasing the not to exceed amount by $21,663,431 for a new total not to exceed amount of $43,082,376 be approved; that the Chair of the Board be authorized to sign the Amendment on behalf of the county; and the Controller be authorized to disburse funds as directed.
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Background:
The Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOCCR) is responsible for providing healthcare services to residents at its two correctional facilities, the Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) and the Adult Correctional Facility (ACF). Board Resolution 19-0377 R1 approved the Agreement with Centurion to provide these services for an initial term of 3 years, and thereafter a maximum of four subsequent one-year renewal terms with the not-to-exceed amount to be established through the annual budget process. For the remainder of the seven-year term, this amendment replaces the year-to-year renewal for a fixed three-year period at $21,663,431 additional expenditure. The amendment also revises the staffing schedules to reflect changes in facility populations, increased mental health resources - both in the institutions and in the field, and increases in the MAT program (Medical Assisted Treatment) for substance use disorders.
Centurion has been the Minnesota Dept of Corrections’ (DOC) healthcare provider since 2014, serving a population of 9,000 offenders across nine facilities. Earlier this year, the DOC’s RFP process selected Centurion as their health care provider until 2028. DOCCR will have the benefit of Centurion’s local staffing office for recruiting and hiring professional medical staff and a greater pool of resources for specialty care, such as OB-GYN care, audiology, dialysis, juvenile-specific services and tele-medicine.
As DOCCR’s provider since 2019, Centurion has met the challenges of providing health care through the pandemic while expanding mental health services and maintaining professional medical staffing levels in a highly competitive labor market.
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Recommendation from County Administrator: Recommend Approval