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Population increases and medical contract talks push Idaho DOC placement costs up
Summary
Legislative analysts told the committee county and out‑of‑state placement per diem and rising medical utilization are driving supplemental requests; DOC said medical-contract negotiations could add 10% if renewed with the current vendor or 30–40% if bid competitively.
Analysts told the Joint Finance Preparations Committee that population changes and increased medical utilization are driving requests for additional appropriations in the county placement and medical services budgets for the Idaho Department of Correction.
Noah Peterson said population-driven costs led to a general-fund increase of about $2.958 million in a prior fiscal-year adjustment, and later-year projections produced additional supplemental needs. For FY2026 the agency sought an ongoing population-driven adjustment of approximately $4.0279 million to align the base…
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