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Durham County seeks $576,219 to increase jail and youth-home medical services contract with Wellpath
Summary
Public Health asked the board to approve a $576,219 General Fund appropriation to increase the county’s contract with Wellpath for inmate and youth-home medical care, citing inflationary pressures across offsite medical fees, medications and MAT services.
Durham County Public Health asked the Board to approve Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 26BCC060 to appropriate $576,219 from General Fund balance to increase the county’s contract with Wellpath to provide comprehensive medical services for inmates in the Durham County Detention Center and residents of the Durham County Youth Home.
The Public Health Director, Dr. Rodney Jenkins, is listed as the resource person for the item. Agenda materials state the increase is required due to inflationary pressures and are allocated to specific contract lines: offsite medical fees ($75,000), average daily population ($10,000), medications ($300,000) and MAT Phase II ($191,219), totaling $576,219. The Board of Health approved the recommendation.
Why it matters: County-provided correctional health services are state- and locally funded obligations with direct implications for inmate access to medical care, medications and continuity of substance-use disorder treatment. The requested funding aims to avoid service disruption through the remainder of the fiscal year.
Context and next steps: The agenda includes the County Manager’s recommendation that the Board approve the appropriation. The item was set on the consent agenda for Board action; the materials include contract and legal forms for supplemental document review.
