Bill Text: NY S03128 | 2019-2020 | 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 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S03128 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03128-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3128
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 4, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
          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    § 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.
                                                                   LBD04916-01-9
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     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    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
     8  it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
     9  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    10  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    11  completed on or before such effective date.