Bill Text: NY A06205 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires inmates in state and county-owned or operated correctional facilities to make medical co-payments of seven dollars upon receipt of medical treatment; provides that an inmate shall not be refused treatment for lack of ability to pay co-payment charges; directs all moneys collected to be made available for the operation of such correctional facility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to correction [A06205 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A06205-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6205
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 15, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. TEDISCO, KOLB -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Correction
       AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring inmates  to
         make medical co-payments
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new  section  607
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 607. MEDICAL TREATMENT CO-PAYMENT. 1. AN INMATE OF AN INSTITUTION OF
    4  THE DEPARTMENT OR ANY COUNTY-OWNED OR OPERATED LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACIL-
    5  ITY  SHALL MAKE A MEDICAL CO-PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF SEVEN DOLLARS UPON
    6  RECEIPT OF MEDICAL TREATMENT.
    7    2. EACH INMATE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SIGN A LOG DOCUMENTING THE  SCHED-
    8  ULED  TIME  OF  VISIT,  INMATE  NAME  AND  ID  NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION OF
    9  COMPLAINT.
   10    3. EACH MEDICAL CO-PAYMENT SHALL BE POSTED TO  THE  INMATES'  ACCOUNTS
   11  EITHER  AS  MEDICAL  OR  DENTAL CHARGES TO FACILITATE RESPONSE TO INMATE
   12  QUERIES.
   13    4. EACH INMATE SHALL BE SENT AN ACCOUNT STATEMENT AT THE END  OF  EACH
   14  MONTH  SHOWING ALL CREDITS AND DEBITS AGAINST THE ACCOUNT AND ACCOMPANY-
   15  ING EXPLANATIONS.
   16    5. SHOULD AN INMATE NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS IN HIS OR HER ACCOUNT TO
   17  COVER THE CHARGES, THEN HIS OR  HER  ACCOUNT  SHALL  BE  FROZEN  PENDING
   18  RECEIPT OF FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO SATISFY HIS OR HER OBLIGATION.
   19    6. AN INMATE SHALL NOT BE REFUSED TREATMENT FOR LACK OF ABILITY TO PAY
   20  CO-PAYMENT CHARGES. THE CHARGE IS ASSESSED AFTER COMPLETION OF THE VISIT
   21  WHEN THE VISIT LOG IS PROCESSED.
   22    7. INMATES ARE NOT ASSESSED CO-PAYMENT CHARGES FOR PSYCHIATRIC VISITS.
   23    8.  FEDERAL  INMATES WILL BE BILLED DIRECTLY TO THE JURISDICTION WHICH
   24  WAS AGREED TO BY THE FEDERAL AGENCY. SUBSEQUENTLY FEDERAL BOARDERS  WILL
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01460-01-3
       A. 6205                             2
    1  NOT BE ASSESSED CO-PAYMENT IF THAT JURISDICTION IS PAYING THE DEPARTMENT
    2  A SPECIFIC PER DIEM TO HOUSE EACH INMATE.
    3    9.  ALL  MONEYS COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WILL BE MADE AVAIL-
    4  ABLE FOR THE OPERATION OF THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
    5    10. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS  NECESSARY
    6  FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    8  it shall have become a law, except that any rule or regulation necessary
    9  for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date shall be
   10  promulgated on or before such date.