The Clark County Council unanimously approved a request from the Department of Jail Services last week to extend its contract with medical vendor WellPath for two more years to provide health services for inmates in the Clark County Jail and the Juvenile Detention Center.
The extension comes with an increase to WellPath’s annual base pay to about $566,305 per month, for a total of $6.8 million annually.
In total, the two-year renewal period will cost $15.3 million, county spokesperson Joni McAnally previously told The Columbian…