(A) Co-payment required. Except as provided in division (B) below, a person confined to the county jail will be required to make a co-payment in an amount of not more than $15 for each provision of any of the following services:
(1) Medical care;
(2) Dental care;
(3) Eye care; and
(4) Any other health care related service.
(Prior Code, § 37.120)
(B) Co-payment exceptions.
(1) A person confined to a county jail is not required to make the co-payment under division (A) above if:
(a) The person does not have funds in the person’s commissary account or trust account at the time the service is provided;
(b) The person does not have funds in the person’s commissary account or trust account within 30 days after the service is provided;
(c) The service is provided in an emergency;
(d) The service is provided as a result of an injury received in the county jail; or
(e) The service is provided at the request of the Sheriff or jail administrator.
(2) This section does not apply to a person confined to a county jail who:
(a) Maintains a policy of insurance from a private company covering:
1. Medical care;
2. Dental care;
3. Eye care; or
4. Any other health care related service.
(b) Is willing to pay for the person’s own medical care; or
(c) Is committed to the department of correction.
(Prior Code, § 37.121)
(C) Money collected to be deposited. Money collected must be deposited into the County Medical Care for Inmates Fund. Any money remaining in this fund at the end of the year does not revert to any other fund but remains in the County Medical Care for Inmate Fund.
(Prior Code,§ 37.122) (Ord. 1132A, passed 7-12-1994; Ord. 1132A-1, passed 8-14-2012)