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Commissioners approve $1.61M health‑insurance transfer and $618,769 for inmate medical costs
Summary
The board approved moving $1,610,000 within the health insurance fund to cover higher‑than‑expected claims and appropriated $618,769 from fund balance to cover projected inmate medical expenses through June 30, 2026, after staff presentations and commissioner questions about trends and Medicaid eligibility.
Rockingham County commissioners on Feb. 16 voted to increase the county’s health insurance appropriation and to transfer funds to cover anticipated inmate medical costs.
County manager Lance Mesler told the board the county budgets roughly $7.9 million for medical and prescription coverage and about $570,000 for dental. Because claims are trending higher this fiscal year, he requested adding $1,610,000 from the health‑insurance fund balance to cover projected expenditures…
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