(A) All prisoners upon intake into the County Detention Center shall be required to pay a $3 fee for personal hygiene items furnished to them.
(B) All prisoners in the County Detention Center shall be required to pay a $20 co-pay fee for any prisoner-initiated medical services. The services shall include, but are not limited to, seeing a doctor, nurse, dentist and the like.
(C) All prisoners in the County Detention Center shall be required to pay a $3 co-pay fee for any prescription received as a result of a nurse, doctor, or dentist visit, and filled by the Sheriff’s Office.
(D) A commissary account, currently established at the County Detention Center for each prisoner, shall have the above fees deducted when the prisoner is initially processed into the detention center or anytime any prisoner-initiated health care service is requested.
(E) In the event the prisoner lacks sufficient funds in his/her commissary account to pay for the above service(s), the prisoner shall not be denied access to health care based on his/her inability to pay or for any other reason. The prisoner will, however have an outstanding balance in their commissary account with the County Detention Center that will be subject to payment, and at any time the prisoner returns to the County Detention Center such debt will be deducted from his/her commissary account.
(F) All monies received under this section shall be placed into the Sheriff’s Office Jail Revenue budget.
(G) Revenues derived from fees received under this section shall not offset or reduce funding from other sources for the maintenance, operation, and capital expenditures of the County Detention Center.
(H) Due to the continued increasing costs of the incarceration of prisoners and the reduced monies available or cities and counties for the housing of prisoners, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this section shall be in full force and effect immediately upon passage.
(Ord. 2006-2, passed 2-13-06)