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SB 1169 Medical treatment of inmates; Financial responsibility.

Introduced by: Phillip P. Puckett | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)

Financial responsibility of sheriffs and localities for medical treatment of inmates. Clarifies that a sheriff, jail superintendent or a locality is not required to pay for the medical treatment of an inmate for an injury, illness, or condition that existed prior to the inmate's commitment to a local or regional facility except that medical treatment shall not be withheld for any communicable diseases or life threatening conditions. This bill is identical to HB 2222.


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