HB 2676 - DIGEST

Places responsibility for payment of medical services for jail inmates on the office of financial management.

Requires the office of financial management to: (1) Establish a methodology for the quarterly reimbursement of governing units and medical care providers for the financial responsibilities that governing units and medical care providers have borne as a result of the provision of emergency or necessary health care; and

(2) In developing a methodology for reimbursing governing units and medical care providers, consult with stakeholders representing local governing units and medical care providers. The methodology shall assure that the ultimate financial responsibility is borne by the office of financial management.