Bill Text: FL H0319 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

Florida House Bill 319 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Medical Expenses/Inmates/County or Municipality

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy (CCJP) [H0319 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H0319-Introduced.html

HB 319

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to medical expenses of inmates paid by a
3	county or municipality; amending s. 901.35, F.S.;
4	requiring that payments made by a county or municipality
5	to a provider for certain services for an arrested person
6	be made at the state's Medicaid rate; providing an
7	effective date.
8
9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
10
11	Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 901.35, Florida
12	Statutes, is amended to read:
13	901.35 Financial responsibility for medical expenses.--
14	(2) Upon a showing that reimbursement from the sources
15	listed in subsection (1) is not available, the costs of medical
16	care, treatment, hospitalization, and transportation shall be
17	paid:
18	(a) From the general fund of the county in which the
19	person was arrested, if the arrest was for violation of a state
20	law or county ordinance; or
21	(b) From the municipal general fund, if the arrest was for
22	violation of a municipal ordinance.
23
24	The responsibility of a county or municipality to pay ~~for~~
25	~~payment of~~ such medical costs shall exist only until such time
26	as an arrested person is released from the custody of the
27	arresting agency. Absent a formal written agreement between a
28	county or municipality and a provider, any payments made by the
29	county or municipality under this section to the provider for
30	medical care, treatment, hospitalization, and transportation of
31	an arrested person shall be made at the state's Medicaid rate
32	for such services.
33	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.