The proposal would provide up to four hours of practitioner work per week at the jail, alongside crisis screening requested by jail staff. Those services could affect people held at the jail who need a psychiatric evaluation, medication review or emergency assessment.
Guadalupe County commissioners are scheduled to consider renewing a Bluebonnet Trails agreement for psychiatric services at the county jail on Nov. 3. The proposal sets rates for practitioner visits and specifies how jail staff could request emergency mental health screening.
From the source record
BTCS agrees to provide psychiatric services at the Guadalupe County Jail by a licensed practitioner for up to four (4) hours of work per week.Guadalupe County Commissioners Court packet ↗
Under the proposed terms, Bluebonnet Trails would bill $110 an hour for its advanced psychiatric nurse practitioner or physician assistant and $206 an hour for its psychiatrist or medical doctor. A full-time jail diversion coordinator for court-ordered assessments would cost $4,606.08 a month. Other listed services have separate rates, so those figures are not a total contract price.
Jail staff could request crisis screening around the clock. The draft says a qualified mental health professional would triage requests for assessment within one, eight or 24 hours. Screening could occur in person or by video. The agreement also says Bluebonnet Trails would not be responsible for paying for psychiatric medications prescribed to inmates.
The draft lists an Oct. 1, 2026, through Sept. 30, 2027, term, but its signature lines are blank. Commissioners are scheduled to consider the renewal Nov. 3; the posted proposal does not establish that they have approved it. The court's action and subsequent bills will show whether the terms take effect and what the county actually pays. Residents can inspect the proposed service and payment terms in the linked agreement.