Florida House Bill 263 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provides that responsibility for paying expenses of medical care for person ill or injured during or as result of his or her arrest is responsibility of person receiving medical care; requires each in-custody pretrial detainee or sentenced inmate who receives medical care or services to cooperate with detention facility in seeking reimbursement; provides that, absent written agreement, remuneration be at rate not to exceed specified percent of Medicare allowable rate; requires each in-custody pretrial detainee or sentenced inmate who has health insurance or benefits to assign such benefits to health care provider; provides that law enforcement or detention facility personnel are responsible for restricting personal freedom of certain in-custody pretrial detainees or sentenced inmates; provides that act does not apply to certain counties; provides that certain charter counties are not obligated to reimburse any third-party provider for in-custody pretrial detainee or sentenced inmate of county detention facility at rate exceeding particular rate for certain costs.

Financial Responsibility for Medical Expenses of Pretrial Detainees or Sentenced Inmates

Sen. Ed Hooper [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2012-01-10		Introduced -HJ 27
2011-10-17		Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 27
2011-10-04		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
901	35		Amended Code	See Bill Text
951	032		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/263
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0263/BillText/Filed/HTML