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Population shifts push up county/out‑of‑state placement and medical contract requests for corrections
Summary
IDOC told lawmakers population changes drove supplemental requests to cover county jail per diems and higher medical‑services utilization; officials warned contract renegotiation or rebidding could raise medical costs substantially.
The Idaho Department of Correction told the Joint Finance committee on Feb. 4 that population changes and higher medical utilization drove supplemental requests to cover county and out‑of‑state placements and medical services for people in custody.
Analyst Noah Peterson said county and out‑of‑state placement payments are population‑driven and that FY2025 supplemental requests sought to reconcile earlier projections with updated population counts. He described a set of FY2024–FY2026 adjustments that reflect changing headcounts rather than per‑diem rate changes.
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