A bill to combat the overutilization of prison health care services and control rising prisoner health care costs.
Federal Prisoner Health Care Copayment Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to impose a fee for health care visits (with certain types of visits exempted) and prescriptions, to be paid by the prisoner making the visit or taking the prescription or, in the case of a prisoner injured by another prisoner, to be paid by the prisoner who inflicted the injury. Prohibits refusal of treatment on the basis that a prisoner is unable to pay.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2656-2657)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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