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Board hears projection that new recovery center will require gap funding; county tightens startup consulting and medical costs
Summary
County staff told commissioners the planned regional recovery center could cost about $6 million a year to operate and that MaineCare reimbursements at conservative occupancy would leave a roughly $1.4–$1.5 million annual shortfall.
York County commissioners received a budget update Wednesday for the planned regional recovery and detox center and were told staff expects the facility to produce an operational deficit that the county will need to cover in the near term.
County staff told the board the fully built recovery center — structured as multiple licensed programs on one campus — carries a projected annual operating cost of roughly $6 million. With conservative…
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