Delays in competency and insanity evaluations create challenges for people with serious mental illness, correctional staff, and jail operations. This session explores practical strategies to reduce those delays, including partnerships with contracted behavioral health providers and in-jail restoration programs. Discuss operational barriers, staffing considerations, and court-related challenges while examining collaborative approaches that improve coordination, strengthen safety, and support more timely behavioral health evaluation and treatment in custody settings.

Educational Objectives

• Develop strategies to reduce delays in competency evaluations
• Explain how contracted behavioral health providers can support stabilization and competency restoration
• Apply strategies with jail administration, courts, and state agencies to ensure timely comptency evaluations

Level: Basic