Bill Text: MN HF1034 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Inmates required to co-pay a set minimum amount for healthcare provided visits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-10 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance [HF1034 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-HF1034-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to corrections; requiring inmates to co-pay a set minimum amount for
1.3healthcare provider visits;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 243.212.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 243.212, is amended to read:
1.6243.212 CO-PAYMENTS FOR HEALTH SERVICES.
1.7Any inmate of an adult correctional facility under the control of the commissioner
1.8of corrections shall incur co-payment obligations for health care services provided. The
1.9co-payment shall be at least $5 per visit to a healthcare provider. The co-payment will be
1.10paid from the inmate account of earnings and other funds, as provided in section 243.23,
1.11subdivision 3
. The funds paid under this subdivision are appropriated to the commissioner
1.12of corrections for the delivery of health care services to inmates.
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