Placer County, California Approves Seven-Year, $131 Million Jail Health Care Contract With Correctional Healthcare Partners

The Placer County, California Board of Supervisors selected Correctional Healthcare Partners for the county’s correctional health care services contract, replacing longtime contractor California Forensic Medical Group, a subsidiary of Wellpath, which had held the contract since 1989. The new contract, valued at $131.3 million, begins on July 1, 2026, and runs through June 30, 2033.

Correctional Healthcare Partners will provide services for a base population of 1,000 individuals at the Placer County jails and juvenile detention facility. These services include medical, dental, pharmaceutical, optometry, behavioral health, acute hospital, specialty care, and services required under the Department of . . .