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1997 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1609
Offered January 8, 1997
Prefiled December 17, 1996
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 53.1-32.01 and 53.1-133.01:1, relating to inmate payment for bodily injury to another.
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Patron-- Davies
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Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding sections numbered 53.1-32.01 and 53.1-133.01:1 as follows:

§ 53.1-32.01. Payment for bodily injury.

The Board is authorized to establish administrative procedures for recovering from an inmate the cost for medical treatment of a bodily injury to any person that is inflicted intentionally by the inmate. Such administrative procedures shall ensure that the inmate is afforded due process.

§ 53.1-133.01:1. Payment for bodily injury.

Each jail superintendent or sheriff who operates a correctional facility is authorized to establish administrative procedures for recovering from an inmate the cost for medical treatment of a physical injury to any person that is inflicted intentionally by the inmate. Such administrative procedures shall ensure that the inmate is afforded due process.