Rising non-formulary medication costs
Summary
Injectable addiction treatments cost the county roughly $1,400 per dose — about $52,000 in September alone — and hepatitis C drugs could add $200,000-$300,000 a year. The director says funding sources like opioid settlement money and grants are drying up.
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Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 14, 2026.
Impact analysis
About $52,000 last month on injectables, with potentially hundreds of thousands more a year for hepatitis C meds.
Inmates get state-of-the-art addiction and medical treatment during and after custody.
County taxpayers ultimately absorb these growing, largely unfunded medical costs.
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