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Do帽a Ana County commissioners stepped in Friday to make sure medical workers at the county detention center got paid after the health provider, YesCare, filed for bankruptcy.

YesCare, the successor to Corizon Health after corporate restructuring, provides medical care services in correctional facilities in nine states, including the Do帽a Ana County Detention Center.

Last week, YesCare filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after missing payroll in at least some of the states where it operates. Employees in Las Cruces missed their May 8 paychecks. YesCare is due in bankruptcy court Tuesday to seek permission to pay employees.

The commissioners convened an emergency meeting Friday morning where they unanimously agreed to cover $170,000 for the workers鈥� pay.

鈥淭he staff that鈥檚 there now, they are good people,鈥� said Ben Mendoza, the detention center鈥檚 captain of administrative services. 鈥淎 lot of them are living paycheck to paycheck, so we really appreciate this meeting and everything that everyone is doing to make sure that they do get their paychecks.鈥�

Deputy County Attorney Cari Neill apprised the commission of an emergency procurement process, shortening the normal timeline for competitive bids, already underway to select a new provider as quickly as possible. Purchasing manager Ben Perez confirmed that interviews had already taken place with four potential contractors and they had signaled they would keep the current staff.

allows public bodies to purchase goods or services under a shortened bidding process under certain conditions, including responding to 鈥渁 serious threat to public health, welfare, safety or property caused by a flood, fire, epidemic, riot, act of terrorism, equipment failure or similar event.鈥�

Neill told commissioners that the move did not entail any new expense for the county, as the payment would be prorated from money the county already owes YesCare under contract. It also did not establish an employer relationship with YesCare鈥檚 staff or assume any new liability for the company鈥檚 services.

The commissioners unanimously approved the memorandum of understanding with YesCare following Neill鈥檚 presentation, although some of the commissioners evidently had not seen the document in advance.

Neill expressed confidence the bankruptcy judge would allow YesCare to pay the employees moving forward. In the meantime, county staff said a short-term plan was in the works as a stopgap so that medical services at the detention center continue uninterrupted until a permanent provider was in place.

Algernon 顿鈥橝尘尘补蝉蝉补 is the Journal鈥檚 southern New Mexico correspondent. He can be reached at adammassa@abqjournal.com.