(A) Persons confined to the county jail are hereby required to make a co-payment of $15 for each provision of medical, dental, eye or other health care related service requiring an office visit or in-jail visit by a health care provider.
(B) Persons confined to the county jail are hereby required to make a co-payment of $15 for each drug prescription required during their detention in the jail.
(C) All co-payments collected under divisions (A) and (B) above shall be deposited into the County Medical Care for Inmates Fund.
(D) Persons confined to the county jail need not make copayments under divisions (A) and/or (B) above 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 30 days after the service is provided;
(3) The service is provided in 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 Sheriff or jail administrator.
(E) This section shall not apply to a person confined to the county jail who:
(1) Maintains a policy of insurance from a private company covering medical, dental, eye or any other health care related service; or
(2) Is willing to pay for the person’s own medical care.
(BC Ord. 1995-7, passed 5-8-1995; BC Ord. 1999-33, passed 8-9-1999; BC Ord. 2000-11, passed 4- -2000; BC Ord. 2004-4, passed 2-25-2004)