Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 218
       
       
       
       By Senator Jones
       
       
       
       
       13-00362-10                                            2010218__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to medical expenses of inmates paid by
    3         a county or municipality; amending s. 901.35, F.S.;
    4         requiring that payments made by a county or
    5         municipality to a provider for certain services for an
    6         arrested person be made at the state’s Medicaid rate;
    7         providing an effective date.
    8  
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 901.35, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         901.35 Financial responsibility for medical expenses.—
   14         (2) Upon a showing that reimbursement from the sources
   15  listed in subsection (1) is not available, the costs of medical
   16  care, treatment, hospitalization, and transportation shall be
   17  paid:
   18         (a) From the general fund of the county in which the person
   19  was arrested, if the arrest was for violation of a state law or
   20  county ordinance; or
   21         (b) From the municipal general fund, if the arrest was for
   22  violation of a municipal ordinance.
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   24  The responsibility of a county or municipality to pay for
   25  payment of such medical costs shall exist only until such time
   26  as an arrested person is released from the custody of the
   27  arresting agency. Absent a formal written agreement between a
   28  county or municipality and a provider, any payments made by the
   29  county or municipality under this section to the provider for
   30  medical care, treatment, hospitalization, and transportation of
   31  an arrested person shall be made at the state’s Medicaid rate
   32  for such services.
   33         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.