Federal Bureau of Prisons Medical Care Act of 2024

Bill: 118-hr-8948
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2024-07-08
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2024-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8948 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 8, 2024 Ms. Norton (for herself and Mr. Valadao ) 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 2024 . 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 .