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Mercy Care would like to share that Correctional Health Services (CHS), the medical provider for the Maricopa County Jails, is no longer able to set up courtesy releases for a specific time. CHS continues to be committed to collaboration to ensure supportive releases are facilitated. Mercy Care, CHS, and Solari have discussed the various scenarios as individuals are released and agreed to put in place the following measures:
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Mercy Care Court Liaisons will advocate for 3rd Party Releases with the courts – there are no changes to 3rd Party Releases, which are court ordered releases to a particular person/agency at a certain date/time.
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Mercy Care is requesting that clinical teams file amendments for all individuals under Title 36 COT who are booked into jail so that they can be transported to a crisis facility and assessed upon release.
- CHS will notify Health Homes of impending releases as they become aware of them, although they will not be able to provide a specific time. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that the team contact ITR (Intake Transfer Release) at 602-876-8116 first thing in the morning on the day of release to find out if the member has been transported for release to be sure they are there before going to the jail. If not yet transported, call every 2 hours until the member has arrived at the ITR. Once the member has been physically transferred to the ITR, advise the release desk that the team is in transit to pick up the member and ask that the member be advised the team is in transit.
- If a vulnerable person who requires continued psychiatric or medical stabilization on a voluntary basis must be released after hours or on a weekend or holiday, CHS will contact Solari and request a crisis mobile team within 30 minutes of release for an assessment.
As always, do not hesitate to contact your Mercy Care Network Management Representative with any questions or comments you may have. Please find this notice along with all of our other notices on our Notices web page.
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