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Belknap County awards jail medical contract to PrimeCare; commissioners warned of a substantial budget gap
Summary
Superintendent Michelle Weatherly reported that PrimeCare was the only full bidder for the jail’s medical and mental-health contract; the board approved moving forward and commissioners were told the new contract will likely exceed the current budget by roughly $418,773 annually.
Michelle Weatherly, superintendent at the county correctional facility, told the Belknap County Board of Commissioners that PrimeCare was the only bidder to provide both medical and mental-health services, including medication-assisted treatment, in response to the county’s RFP.
Weatherly said the recommended contract price using an average daily population (ADP) of 60–70 inmates would be $1,293,773 annually. She said the county’s budgeted…
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