Sonoma County Outsources Jail Behavioral Health Care To California Forensic Medical Group

On May 23, 2017, the Sonoma County, California, Board of Supervisors approved a contract to outsource jail behavioral health care to California Forensic Medical Group, Inc. The contract started May 1, 2017, and will run for five years, through June 30, 2022, at a value of $4.6 million annually. Under the agreement, California Forensic Medical Group will provide all of the behavioral health care services currently being provided to inmates, and in addition, will implement a restoration to competency program for qualifying felons. The felony restoration to competency program is funded by the Department of State Hospitals through an . . .