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H0064................................by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
COUNTY JAILS - MEDICAL SERVICE - Amends existing law to increase the fee,
from $1.00 to $5.00, that a county jail may charge to nonindigent inmates
for seeing a medical provider.
01/18 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/19 Rpt prt - to Jud
01/26 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
01/29 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
01/31 3rd rdg - PASSED - 70-0-0
AYES -- Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke(Woodhouse), Bell, Bieter, Black,
Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark,
Collins, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge,
Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Harwood,
Henbest, Higgins, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Kendell, Kunz,
Lake, Langford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer,
Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss, Moyle, Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy,
Raybould, Ridinger, Roberts, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman,
Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stone, Swan(Hansen), Tilman,
Trail, Wheeler, Wood, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- None
Floor Sponsor - Bieter
Title apvd - to Senate
02/01 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
02/13 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/14 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/08 3rd rdg - PASSED - 27-2-6
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson,
Burtenshaw, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Dunklin, Frasure, Goedde,
Hawkins, Ipsen, Keough, Lee, Lodge, Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Sims,
Sorensen, Stegner, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams,
NAYS -- Ingram, Schroeder
Absent and excused -- Cameron, Deide, Geddes, King-Barrutia, Noh,
Stennett
Floor Sponsor -- Sorensen
Title apvd - to House
03/09 To enrol
03/12 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/13 Pres signed
03/14 To Governor
03/19 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 50
Effective: 07/01/01
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 64
BY JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO ADMINISTRATION OF COUNTY JAILS; AMENDING SECTION 20-619, IDAHO
3 CODE, TO INCREASE THE FEE A COUNTY JAIL MAY CHARGE TO NONINDIGENT INMATES
4 FOR SEEING MEDICAL PERSONNEL.
5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
6 SECTION 1. That Section 20-619, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
7 amended to read as follows:
8 20-619. FEE FOR MEDICAL SERVICE. (1) County sheriff departments adminis-
9 tering county jails may charge a nominal fee of one five dollars ($15.00) to
10 any nonindigent inmate who has sufficient funds in his commissary/personal
11 account for the purpose of seeing the jail provided doctor or nurse for a med-
12 ical complaint. In the event that an inmate is indigent, such service shall be
13 provided by the county at no cost.
14 (2) The county sheriff departments administering county jails may charge
15 actual costs to any nonindigent inmate who has sufficient funds in his
16 commissary/personal account for pharmaceuticals prescribed or authorized by
17 jail medical staff.
18 (3) A "nonindigent" inmate, for purposes of this section, is an inmate
19 who has money in his commissary/personal account normally used for the pur-
20 chase of personal items for the inmate.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 10641
This legislation will change the nominal fee for medical
service for county inmates from one to five dollars. The
original legislation was passed in 1994 to curtail baseless
requests for medical service by bored inmates. While this has
worked to an extent, the fee is so low that some inmates are
still engaging in such requests. In addition, the fee is so
low that it will not justify the cost of keeping the record
and making the transfer of the dollar from one account to
another. This legislation will not affect indigent inmates,
who may still obtain medical service for free.
FISCAL IMPACT
This legislation has no impact on the general fund.
CONTACT: Idaho Sheriffs Association, Michael J. Kane
Phone: 342-4545
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