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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 HB4854
Introduced 02/04/04, by Richard P. Myers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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730 ILCS 125/17 |
from Ch. 75, par. 117 |
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Amends the County Jail Act. Provides that when long-term care or nursing home care is required by the arrestee and the arresting authority releases the arrestee for treatment at the long-term care facility or nursing home, the long-term care facility or nursing home shall notify the State's Attorney of the committing county and the chief law enforcement officer of the arresting authority of the pending release of the arrestee from the long-term care facility or nursing home at least 48 hours before that release. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4854 |
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LRB093 19965 RLC 45709 b |
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| AN ACT concerning prisoners.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The County Jail Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 17 as follows:
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| (730 ILCS 125/17) (from Ch. 75, par. 117)
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| Sec. 17. Bedding, clothing, fuel, and medical aid; |
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| reimbursement for medical
or hospital expenses. The Warden of |
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| the jail shall furnish necessary bedding,
clothing,
fuel and |
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| medical aid for all prisoners under his charge, and keep an |
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| accurate
account of the same. When medical or hospital services |
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| are required by any
person held
in custody, the county, private |
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| hospital,
physician or any public agency
which provides such |
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| services shall be entitled to obtain reimbursement from
the |
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| county or from the Arrestee's Medical Costs Fund to the extent |
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| that moneys
in the Fund are available for the cost of such |
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| services. The county board of a
county may
adopt an ordinance |
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| or resolution providing for reimbursement for the cost of
those |
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| services at the Department of Public Aid's rates for medical
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| assistance.
To the extent that such person
is reasonably able |
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| to pay for such care, including reimbursement from any
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| insurance program or from other medical benefit programs |
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| available to such
person, he or she shall reimburse the county |
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| or arresting authority.
If such person has already
been |
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| determined eligible for medical assistance under The Illinois |
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| Public
Aid Code at the time the person is initially detained |
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| pending trial,
the
cost of such services, to the extent such |
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| cost exceeds $2,500, shall be
reimbursed by the Department of |
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| Public Aid under that Code. A reimbursement
under any public or |
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| private program authorized by this Section shall be
paid to the |
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| county or arresting authority to the
same extent as would have |
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| been obtained had the services been rendered in
a non-custodial |