By Wes Ferguson
Impactnews.com
HAYS COUNTY, Texas — Hays County is considering whether to privatize the medical care it provides to jail inmates.
On Nov. 13, the Commissioners Court voted unanimously to solicit proposals from outside vendors. The contractor would administer a range of medical treatments and routine care, administering health screenings for new inmates, managing prescriptions and other medication, and referring patients to outside medical facilities when appropriate, among numerous other responsibilities specified in the county’s proposal request documents.
“The proposal that the Sheriff’s Office is entertaining is seeing if any third parties are available out there that they believe can provide a higher level of service than is being provided today at the current policy, maybe at some savings to the county,” Precinct 3 Commissioner Will Conley said.
If the county receives an acceptable bid, the contract would require approval of the Commissioners Court, he added.
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