Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session
costs of prescription drugs and devices for incarcerated persons.
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Department of Corrections (DOC) may require a
prisoner in a secured correctional facility for adults or juveniles to pay a deductible,
coinsurance, copayment, or similar charge if the prisoner receives medical or dental
care. DOC must establish by rule the amounts to charge for the services. Under this
bill, DOC must generally require such a prisoner to pay a deductible, coinsurance,
copayment, or similar charge for prescription drugs or devices. DOC must establish
by rule the amount to charge for each prescription drug or device.
Under current law, a sheriff may charge a county jail prisoner for costs of
medical care provided to the prisoner in a jail. Under this bill, the sheriff must charge
a county jail prisoner for prescription drugs and devices provided to the county jail
prisoner in jail. The amount the sheriff must charge is the amount DOC establishes
by rule for the same prescription drug or device provided to a prisoner in a prison.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Introduced by: Bies (R) , Knodl (R) , Molepske Jr. (D) , Radcliffe (D) , Vos (R) , Ziegelbauer (I)
Full history
- Sep 25, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Radcliffe, Ziegelbauer, Molepske Jr., Knodl, Vos and Bies;Cosponsored by Senators Holperin, Schultz and Hopper
- Sep 25, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Corrections and the Courts
- Sep 28, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 11, 2010 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1