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2003 SESSION
SB 1169 Medical treatment of inmates; Financial responsibility.
Introduced by: Phillip P. Puckett | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION:
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.
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
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.
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:
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. HB 2222 is identical.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
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.