(A) A co-payment in the amount of $15 is hereby established and each person confined to the county jail shall be required to make a co-payment in the amount of $15 for the provision of any of the following services: medical care, dental care, eye care and any other service.
(B) Such co-payment may be collected from an inmate’s commissary account, trust fund account or other account to which the inmate is lawfully entitled.
(C) Such co-payment shall be collected by the County Sheriff and deposited in the County Medical Care for Inmates Fund.
(D) These provisions shall not apply to a person confined in the county jail, as follows:
(1) A person who maintains a policy of insurance from a private company covering medical care, dental care, eye care or any other health care related service;
(2) A person who is willing to pay for the person’s own medical care; or
(3) A person who is committed to the Department of Corrections.
(E) A person confined to the county jail shall not be required to make the co-payment under this section, if:
(1) The person does not have funds in the person’s commissary account or trust account at the time the service is provided;
(2) The person does not have funds in the person’s commissary account or trust account within 60 days after the service is provided;
(3) The service is provided for an emergency;
(4) The service is provided as a result of an injury received in the county jail; or
(5) The service is provided at the request of the County Sheriff or County Jail Commander.
(F) This section shall not eliminate or restrict any existing obligation for the inmate, the inmate’s family, or any insurance carrier covering the inmate to pay any medical, dental, optometric or other treatment which may otherwise exist under current law.
(G) This section shall be effective immediately upon passage.
(Ord. 1-4-7.4, passed 3-1-2004)