# COMCOR — Chapter 13. Detention Centers and Rehabilitation Facilities - Regulations

## Sec. 13-19 Inmates - Medical Care - Regulations

### COMCOR 13.19.01 Intervention Program for Substance Abusers Fee

#### 13.19.01.01 General

    This regulation will eliminate the fee schedule to encourage participation for the program.

      Income            Fee

      $0,000 - 9,999         $0.00

      $10,000 - 11,999      $0.00

      Income            Fee

      $12,000 - 13,999      $0.00

      $14,000 - 15,999      $0.00

      $16,000 - 19,999      $0.00

      $20,000 - or more      $0.00

#### 13.19.01.02 Severability

    If a court holds that part of this regulation is invalid, the invalidity does not affect other parts.

#### 13.19.01.03 Effective Date

    This regulation takes effect after it is signed by the County Executive

### COMCOR 13.19.02 Inmate Medical Fees

#### 13.19.02.01 General

    Except as provided below, for each visit by an inmate of the Montgomery County Detention Center, or a resident of the Montgomery County Pre-Release Center, to an institutional medical unit or noninstitutional physician, dentist, or optometrist, a fee of $4.00 shall be deducted from the inmate’s Inmate Refund Account, or from the resident’s Resident Account.  No medical services will be withheld if the inmate/resident has no available funds in his or her institutional financial account when the inmate visits the institutional medical unit.

    A fee will not be deducted from the inmate/resident’s institutional financial account if an inmate’s visit to an institutional medical unit or a physician, dentist, or optometrist is:

        (1)   Required as part of the intake process;

        (2)   Required for an initial physical examination;

        (3)   Due to a referral by a nurse or physician assistant;

        (4)   Initiated, as a follow-up visit, by a medical professional from the Detention Center or Pre- Release Center;

        (5)   Initiated by a medical or mental health staff member of the Detention Center or Pre-Release Center; or

        (6)   Required for necessary treatment.

    The fees collected under this regulation shall be deposited in the general fund of the Montgomery County Government.

#### 13.19.02.02 Severability

  If a court holds that part of this regulation is invalid, the invalidity does not affect other parts.

#### 13.19.02.03 Effective Date

  This regulation is effective 30 calendar days after approval by the County Council.

### COMCOR 13.19.03 Home Confinement Service Fees

#### 13.19.03.01 General

  This regulation establishes a fee for participants in this program of ten percent (10%) of the participant’s gross earned income per month, up to a maximum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) per month.

#### 13.19.03.02 Severability

  If a court holds that part of this regulation is invalid, the invalidity does not affect other parts.

#### 13.19.03.03 Effective Date

  This regulation takes effect when the Council receives a copy of the regulation adopted by the County Executive.