2009 Senate Bill 560

Clarify prisoner health care cost allocation

Introduced in the Senate

May 12, 2009

Introduced by Sen. Valde Garcia (R-22)

To establish that if medical care or treatment is provided to an individual in the physical custody of a local law enforcement agency or the state Department of Corrections, the cost is the responsibility of the whichever entity has custody when the care is provided.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary