Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 20 - CORRECTIONS
Chapter 20.28 - REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
Subchapter 20.28.1 - Establishment of New Regional Correctional Facilities
Rule 20.28.122 - GENERAL COST PRINCIPLES USED FOR CALCULATING PER DIEM

(1) To be allowable, costs must be reasonable, ordinary, necessary, and to some degree, benefit inmates housed in the state portion of the facility.

(2) Allowable costs must be:

(3) Costs that do not benefit state inmates cannot be claimed on the MDOC Per Diem Calculation Worksheet for Regional Correctional Facilities.

(4) Costs may be direct if they have a direct benefit to state inmates or indirect if they only indirectly accrue to the benefit of state inmates. An example of a direct cost is the cost of prescription medication for state inmates. An example of an indirect cost is the cost for legal services, insurance, accounting, payroll, and human resources.

(5) Direct costs are further divided into costs that are shared and costs that are unshared. An example of a shared cost is the salary of the warden or administrator who spends some of his or her time managing the entire facility, both local and state portions. An example of an unshared cost is the case manager's salary who works only in the state portion of the facility.