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Board approves $250,000 transfer to cover jail medical costs
Summary
The Rockingham County Board of Commissioners voted to move $250,000 from fund balance into the jail's inmate medical budget after the detention facility reported unusually high hospitalization bills and a depleted overage pool.
The Rockingham County Board of Commissioners on March 17 approved a $250,000 transfer from the county's fund balance to the detention facility's inmate medical budget to cover projected shortfalls for the remainder of the fiscal year.
Captain Jennifer Brown of the sheriff's office told the board that Southern Health Partners bills for outside hospital care have been higher than usual in recent months and that the jail's overage pool limit is exhausted much earlier than budgeted. "We are requesting to move funds to the inmate medical budget line to cover a shortage that we are projecting for the…
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