Federal Bureau of Prisons Medical Care Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2365
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-04-25
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Health care costs and insurance
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-04-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Federal Bureau of Prisons Medical Care Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill limits the circumstances under which the Bureau of Prisons may assess a fee for health care services provided to a prisoner.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2365 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 25, 2019 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the ability to assess a fee for health care services for prisoners, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Bureau of Prisons Medical Care Act of 2019 . 2. No fee for health care services for prisoners Section 4048 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: (b) Fees for health care services In the case of health care services provided to a prisoner in connection with a health care visit that results from an injury inflicted on a prisoner by another prisoner, the Director, in accordance with this section and with such regulations as the Director shall promulgate to carry out this section, may assess and collect a fee in connection with each such health care visit, from the account of the prisoner who inflicted the injury, as determined by the Director. ; (2) by striking subsection (c); and (3) in subsection (e), by striking or whether the prisoner qualifies under an exclusion under this section .