Increases funding for the provision of medical services to inmates. The funding provided is based on the projected cost of the Department of Corrections providing medical services at all institutions with its own staff and contracting for part-time physicians or for offsite medical costs. The increase is based on the estimated cost of for the agency to be competitive in medical services labor market, as well as on the projected increases in the costs for inpatient and outpatient care, pharmaceutical drugs, and other medical services. Factored into the funding is a decrease of $400,000 and five positions provided in the 2015 Session to help the agency make the transition from using comprehensive medical services contracts in many facilities to using its own personnel. The agency has selected to use comprehensive contracts and thus does not need the positions and the funding associated with them.