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LRB093 15024 RLC 40595 b |
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| non-custodial environment.
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| An arresting authority shall be responsible for any |
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| incurred medical
expenses relating to the arrestee until such |
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| time as the arrestee is placed
in the custody of the sheriff. |
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| However, the arresting authority shall not
be so responsible if |
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| the arrest was made pursuant to a request by the sheriff.
When |
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| medical or hospital services are required by any person held in |
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| custody,
the county or arresting authority shall be entitled to |
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| obtain reimbursement
from the
Arrestee's
Medical Costs Fund to |
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| the extent moneys are available from the Fund. To the
extent |
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| that the person is reasonably able to pay
for that care, |
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| including reimbursement from any insurance program or from |
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| other
medical benefit programs available to the person, he or |
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| she shall reimburse the
county.
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| The county shall be entitled to a $10 fee for each |
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| conviction or order of
supervision for a criminal violation, |
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| other than a petty offense or business
offense. The fee shall |
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| be taxed as costs to be
collected from the defendant, if |
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| possible, upon conviction or entry of an order
of supervision. |
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| The fee shall not be considered a part of the fine for
purposes |
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| of any reduction in the fine.
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| All such fees collected shall be deposited by the county in |
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| a fund to be
established and known as the Arrestee's Medical |
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| Costs Fund. Moneys in the Fund
shall be used solely for |
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| reimbursement of costs for medical expenses relating
to the |
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| arrestee and administration of the Fund.
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| For the purposes of this Section, "arresting authority" |
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| means a unit of
local government, other than a county, which |
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| employs peace officers and
whose peace officers have made the |
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| arrest of a person. For the purposes
of this Section, "medical |
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| expenses relating to the
arrestee" means only those expenses |
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| incurred for medical care or treatment
provided to an arrestee |
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| on account of an injury suffered by the arrestee
during the |
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| course of his arrest; the term does not include any expenses
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| incurred for medical care or treatment provided to an arrestee |
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| on account
of a health condition of the arrestee which existed |