Legislature introduces nearly $970,000 contract extension for inmate health services

Clerk read Ordinance 6129, an appropriation of $969,078 from the undesignated balance of the 2026 health fund to allow a month‑to‑month contract extension for temporary medical, mental health and dental services to inmates by Advanced Correctional Healthcare of Peoria, Illinois. "Appropriating $969,078 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2026 health fund and awarding a month to month contract extension for the furnishing of temporary mental health, medical, and dental services to inmates of the Department of Corrections to Advanced Correctional Healthcare of Peoria, Illinois," the Clerk read into the record.

The ordinance was introduced by Vanessa Husky and referred to the Justice and Law Committee for review; no final vote or contract award was recorded at the meeting.