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Population-driven increases push county, out-of-state and medical per diem requests
Summary
Legislative analysts said higher-than-projected jail and medical utilization drove supplemental requests for county and out-of-state placement and for the prison medical contract; the department warned contract rebids could raise costs by 30–40% if negotiations fail.
Legislative analysts told the Joint Finance Preparations Committee on Feb. 4 that population changes and unexpectedly high medical utilization are driving supplemental budget requests for county and out-of-state placements and for the Department of Correction’s medical contract.
Noah Peterson, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, explained that the County and Out of State Placement Program and the Medical Services Division are operating-funded lines whose costs vary with population and utilization. Peterson said the agency requested…
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