HB83 Alabama 2020 Session

Updated Feb 12, 2020

House Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2020

Session

1

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Jim Hill Representative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2020
Title: Jails, county inmates, set costs for provision of medical care by hospitals, Sec. 14-6-19 am'd.
Description: Existing law does not provide any guidance for a county or sheriff contracting with medical providers to provide medical care to county inmates.
This bill would authorize a county to pay a provider of medical services any rate or fee agreed upon, and, when there is no agreed upon rate, a hospital providing care must be paid at the then-current Medicare rate or fee schedule.
Subjects: Prisons and Prisoners

County and Municipal Government first Amendment Offered

Pending third reading on day 9 Favorable from County and Municipal Government with 1 amendment

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government