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County jails: inmate emergency health care.

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CA AB 2387 · Assembly Bill · 2009–2010

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1
Latest action
Nov 30, 2010

What it does

(1) Existing law authorizes a county sheriff, police chief, or other public agency that contracts for emergency health services, to contract with providers of emergency health care services for care to local law enforcement patients. Under existing law, a county sheriff or police chief is prohibited from releasing inmates from custody for the purpose of seeking medical care, with the intent to rearrest, unless the hospital determines the action would enable it to collect from a 3rd-party source. Existing law requires an Inmate Health Care and Medical Provider Fair Pricing Working Group to be convened and meet as needed to identify and resolve industry issues that create fiscal barriers to…

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