CS/SB 452: Financial Responsibility for Medical Expenses of Pretrial Detainees and Sentenced Inmates
GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs ; Jones ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Lynn ; Oelrich
Financial Responsibility for Medical Expenses of Pretrial Detainees and Sentenced Inmates; Providing that the responsibility for paying the expenses of medical care, treatment, hospitalization, and transportation for a person who is ill, wounded, or otherwise injured during or as a result of an arrest for a violation of a state law or a county or municipal ordinance is the responsibility of the person receiving the medical care, treatment, hospitalization, or transportation; setting forth the order of fiscal resources from which a third-party provider of medical services may seek reimbursement for the expenses the provider incurred in providing medical care; providing that certain charter counties are not obligated to reimburse a third-party provider of medical care, treatment, hospitalization, or transportation for an in-custody pretrial detainee or sentenced inmate of a county detention facility at a rate exceeding a particular rate for certain transportation or medical costs, etc.
- Community Affairs (CA)
Bill History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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10/5/2011 | Senate |
• Filed |
11/2/2011 | Senate |
• Referred to Community Affairs -SJ 41 |
12/21/2011 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/12/12, 8:00 am, 412 Knott Building |
1/10/2012 | Senate |
• Introduced -SJ 41 |
1/12/2012 | Senate |
• CS by- Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 136 • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) |
1/13/2012 | Senate |
• CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 161 |
1/18/2012 | Senate |
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 136 |
2/2/2012 | Senate |
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/07/12 |
2/7/2012 | Senate |
• Read 2nd time -SJ 321 • Placed on 3rd reading |
2/8/2012 | Senate |
• Read 3rd time -SJ 344 • CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 344 |
2/10/2012 | House |
• In Messages |
3/9/2012 | House |
• Died in Messages |