2396-S.E AMS LAW S5537.1

ESHB 2396 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Law & Justice

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 72.10 RCW to read as follows:

    Any health care services plan provided to inmates by the department shall require the inmate to be responsible for a nominal 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 an encounter fee be charged to the offender.  Mental health encounters and medical encounters required for the dispensation of prescribed pharmaceuticals or for readily apparent injuries or traumas 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 due to lack of funds in the inmate's personal account.

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."

ESHB 2396 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Law & Justice

    On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "inmates;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "adding a new section to chapter 72.10 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 70.48 RCW."

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