Powers and duties of the board of county commissioners.
The boards of county commissioners in their respective counties shall, under such limitations and restrictions as are prescribed by law, evaluate the need and provide to indigent persons nonmedical assistance in a temporary situation only when no alternatives exist. Nothing in this chapter shall imply county assistance is to be provided on a continuing basis. Boards of county commissioners, by resolution, shall promulgate policies and procedures, may negotiate payment to providers, and may contract for nonmedical services, pursuant to this chapter. Boards of county commissioners may fund nonmedical services for indigent persons from the county current expense fund pursuant to section 63-805, Idaho Code.
Notes of Decisions
Univ. of Utah Hosp. Ex Rel. Harris v. Pence, 657 P.2d 469 (Idaho 1982).
· cites it 8× “The actual nature of the complaint was that of a collateral attempt to appeal a decision of the Board of County Commissioners for Twin Falls County refusing to grant the plaintiff benefits under the provisions of I.C. §§ 31-3401 et seq. and 31-3501 et seq, as those references…”
Cartwright v. Gem Cnty., 697 P.2d 1174 (Idaho 1985).
· cites it 4× “Gem County appeals a district court determination that the county is liable for payment of medical bills of the claimants pursuant to I.C. § 31-3401 et seq. We affirm the district court’s order.”
Shobe v. Ada Cnty. Bd. of Com'rs, 944 P.2d 715 (Idaho 1997).
· cites it 4× “Furthermore, the Board correctly relied on the language contained in I.C. § 31-3401 in concluding that Idaho counties are not obligated to provide for residential care: “Nothing in this chapter shall imply county assistance is to be provid *584 ed on a continuing basis.”
Salinas v. Canyon Cnty., 786 P.2d 611 (Idaho Ct. App. 1990).
· cites it 2× “I.C. §§ 31-3401 to -3411; I.C. §§ 31-3501 to -3515A.”
St. Alphonsus Reg'l Med. Ctr., Ltd. v. Twin Falls Cnty., 732 P.2d 278 (Idaho 1987).
· cites it 2× “The county commissioners raise a single issue on appeal: Do Idaho’s medical indigency statutes, I.C. §§ 31-3401 — 3516, require county medical assistance to indigent persons hospitalized because of self-inflicted wounds? We hold that they do.”
Saxton v. Gem Cnty., 750 P.2d 950 (Idaho 1988).
· cites it 4× “Of greater age is I.C. § 31-3401, which dates back to 1864, and, in language similar to that found in § 31-3402, presently provides that the county commissioners can contract out the care, protection, and maintenance of the medically indigent, sick, or otherwise indigent of the…”
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