SB387 Alabama 2017 Session

Under existing law, the county is generally responsible for the medical expenses incurred by a prisoner in the county jail

This bill would provide that absent a contractual arrangement for the provision and payment of medical expenses, a county may not be charged a fee for inpatient or outpatient medical services that exceeds the rates and fees established for health care providers under the federal Medicare program

To amend Section 14-6-19 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to items required to be provided to prisoners by the sheriff; to provide that a county paying for medical services for a prisoner in the county jail may not be charged an amount that exceeds the rates and fees established under the federal Medicare program under certain conditions.