2396-S AMH ORR H4165.1

SHB 2396 - H AMD 905 WITHDRAWN 2-8-94

By Representative Orr

    On page 1, line 7, after "payment of" insert "no less than"

    On page 1, after line 17, insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 70.48 RCW to read as follows:

    Any health care services plan provided to inmates in local jails may require the inmate to be responsible for a payment of no less than one dollar per medical encounter, in addition to any other financial responsibility the inmate may have for medical care.  Any subsequent encounters ordered by the attending health care provider directly related to the original diagnosis shall not require that the medical encounter fee be charged to the offender.  Mental health encounters and medical encounters required for the dispensation of prescribed pharmaceuticals shall not be subject to the medical encounter fee.  The payment shall be deducted from the personal account of the inmate or paid in person.  Necessary medical services may not be denied because the confined person is unable to pay."

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