A proposed settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit that will improve inmate healthcare in five Riverside County jails. Litigation was launched when the impact of a county budget crisis reduced county general-fund revenue by as much as $200 million. The loss dramatically affected county programs, including health care in detention facilities. In a statement Friday, county officials said the aging jail population and incidence of mental illness in detention facilities have complicated efforts to provide services in jails statewide. ‘Under the proposed agreement, staffing to provide inmates with medical and mental-health services will increase, and tele-medicine and tele-psychiatry will expand. It also will be easier for inmates to request services. The agreement also ensures that prisoners with certain disabilities will be appropriately accommodated,’ the statement read. Those new measures are expected to costs millions of dollars annually. County officials could not provide a timeline for complete implementation because of unknowns, such as the exact amount of time it will take to hire staff and to comply with other terms of the agreement.