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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB0633
Introduced 2/6/2007, by Rep. Thomas Holbrook 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 if a person confined in a county jail is in need of medical services and is determined eligible for medical assistance under the Illinois Public
Aid Code at the time the person is detained (rather than has already been determined eligible for medical assistance under the Illinois Public
Aid Code at the time the person is initially detained pending trial),
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cost of such services, to the extent such cost exceeds $500, shall be
reimbursed by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services under that Code. Provides that an arresting authority shall be responsible for any incurred medical
expenses relating to the arrestee until such time as the arrestee is placed
in the custody of the sheriff unless the arrestee is eligible for medical assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code or reimbursement under an authorized public or private program.
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HB0633 |
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LRB095 06226 RLC 26320 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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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 Healthcare and Family Services' |
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| rates for medical
assistance.
To the extent that such person
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| reasonably able to pay for such care, including reimbursement |
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| from any
insurance program or from other medical benefit |
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| programs available to such
person, he or she shall reimburse |