HB83 Alabama 2020 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
Jim HillRepresentativeRepublican- 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
Bill Actions
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
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature