A04529 Summary:
| BILL NO | A04529 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S03447 |
| SPONSOR | Gallahan |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §608, Cor L | |
| Requires a person incarcerated in state and county-owned or operated correctional facilities to make medical co-payments of seven dollars upon receipt of medical treatment; provides that an incarcerated individual shall not be refused treatment for lack of ability to pay co-payment charges; directs all moneys collected to be made available for the operation of such correctional facility. | |
A04529 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4529 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GALLAHAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring incarcerat- ed individuals to make medical co-payments The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 608 2 to read as follows: 3 § 608. Medical treatment co-payment. 1. A person incarcerated in an 4 institution of the department or any county-owned or operated local 5 correctional facility shall make a medical co-payment in the amount of 6 seven dollars upon receipt of medical treatment. 7 2. Each incarcerated individual shall be required to sign a log docu- 8 menting the scheduled time of visit, inmate name and ID number and 9 description of complaint. 10 3. Each medical co-payment shall be posted to the incarcerated indi- 11 viduals' accounts either as medical or dental charges to facilitate 12 response to inmate queries. 13 4. Each incarcerated individual shall be sent an account statement at 14 the end of each month showing all credits and debits against the account 15 and accompanying explanations. 16 5. Should an incarcerated individual not have sufficient funds in 17 their account to cover the charges, then their account shall be frozen 18 pending receipt of funds sufficient to satisfy their obligation. 19 6. An incarcerated individual shall not be refused treatment for lack 20 of ability to pay co-payment charges. The charge is assessed after 21 completion of the visit when the visit log is processed. 22 7. Incarcerated individuals are not assessed co-payment charges for 23 psychiatric visits. 24 8. Federal incarcerated individuals will be billed directly to the 25 jurisdiction which was agreed to by the federal agency. Subsequently EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07176-01-5A. 4529 2 1 federal boarders will not be assessed co-payment if that jurisdiction is 2 paying the department a specific per diem to house each incarcerated 3 individual. 4 9. All moneys collected pursuant to this section will be made avail- 5 able for the operation of the correctional facility. 6 10. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary 7 for the implementation of the provisions of this section. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 9 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 10 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 11 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 12 completed on or before such effective date.