Officials Agree to Give Teen Psychiatric Care
County officials averted a legal showdown Monday by agreeing to provide psychiatric treatment for a teenager, sentenced to a Camarillo work program, who had been denied help.
A judge had threatened to order the county to provide treatment for juvenile offenders after county lawyers argued that the Behavioral Health Department did not have that legal obligation.
County Executive Officer Johnny Johnston said he assured the judge that a restructuring of the county’s Behavioral Health Department will take place to avoid another delay in services.
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