Bill Text: WV HB3166 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibit Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from making inmates pay co-payment for medical or dental service by a doctor or nurse
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-12 - To House Banking and Insurance [HB3166 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2022-HB3166-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2021 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 3166
By Delegates Young, Pushkin, Garcia, Fluharty, Walker, and Thompson
[Introduced March 15, 2021; Referred to the Committee on Banking and Insurance then the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §25-8-1, relating to inmate medical or dental copayments.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
Article 8. Inmate MEdical Payments ACt.
§25-8-1. Co-payments for medical and dental services.
No rehabilitation center operating in the State of West Virginia under the jurisdiction of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, including adult and juvenile centers, shall assess an inmate any co-payment fee for medical or dental services.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the assessment of copayments for medical or dental services by correctional facilities in the State of West Virginia.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
