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S. 494

Federal Prisoner Health Care Copayment Act

Federal Prisoner Health Care Copayment Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to impose a fee for health care visits (with certain types of visits exempted) and prescriptions, to be paid by the prisoner making the visit or taking the prescription or, in the case of a prisoner injured by another prisoner, to be paid by the prisoner who inflicted the injury. Prohibits refusal of treatment on the basis that a prisoner is unable to pay.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ](R-AZ)Sponsor
7 cosponsors1 D6 R
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  1. IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    Judiciary Committee
  2. IntroReferralB00100

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2656-2657)

  3. IntroReferral10000

    Introduced in Senate