(A) This section does not apply to a person confined at the county correctional facility who:
(1) Has a policy of health insurance from a private company which policy covers, and provides payment for, medical care, dental care, eye care or other health related services;
(2) Is entitled to payment for health services by any state or federal program; or
(3) Is committed to the United States Bureau of Prisons.
(B) (1) Except as provided in division (C) below, any person confined in the county correctional facility who is subject to this section shall make a copayment in the amount set out herein for each provision of any of the following medical services:
(a) Medical care;
(b) Dental care;
(c) Eye care; or
(d) Any other health related service.
(2) Copayments shall be deducted from the person's commissary or trust account.
(C) (1) Persons confined who are subject to this section shall not be required to make the copayment set out in division (B) if:
(a) The person does not have funds in the person's commissary or trust account with which to make the payment at the time service is provided;
(b) The person does not have funds in the person's commissary or trust account, with which to make the payment, within 30 days after the service is provided;
(c) The service provided is an emergency service;
(d) The service provided is as a result of an injury received while an inmate at the facility; or
(e) The service is provided at the direction of the Sheriff or jail administrator or medical staff.
(2) If services are provided to a person who, within 30 days after the service is rendered, has a balance in such person's commissary or trust account, then such copayment fee shall be deducted from the commissary or trust account.
(D) The copayments required by division (B) are:
(1) Doctor visit $15
(2) Dentist visit $15
(3) Optometrist visit $15
(4) Prescription Handling fee $3
(5) Other health care services $5
(E) There is herewith created the Medical Care for Inmates Fund. Such fund shall be the fund into which all copayments required by this section shall be deposited. Such fund shall only be used for payment of inmate health related services provided by the county at the county's cost. The creation of this fund shall not be deemed to prevent payment of health related services for inmates in the county correctional facility by the county General Fund.
(BC Ord. 1994-16, passed 7-11-94; Am. BC Ord. 1999-35, passed 9-27-99; Am. BC Ord. 2004-03, passed 2-18-04)