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<section heading="Sec. 13-19 Inmates - Medical Care - Regulations">
  <regulation heading="COMCOR 13.19.01 Intervention Program for Substance Abusers Fee">
    <subsection heading="13.19.01.01 General">
      <paragraph indent="2">This regulation will eliminate the fee schedule to encourage participation for the program.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="3">Income            Fee</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="3">$0,000 - 9,999         $0.00</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="3">$10,000 - 11,999      $0.00</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="3">Income            Fee</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="3">$12,000 - 13,999      $0.00</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="3">$14,000 - 15,999      $0.00</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="3">$16,000 - 19,999      $0.00</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="3">$20,000 - or more      $0.00</paragraph>
    </subsection>
    <subsection heading="13.19.01.02 Severability">
      <paragraph indent="2">If a court holds that part of this regulation is invalid, the invalidity does not affect other parts.</paragraph>
    </subsection>
    <subsection heading="13.19.01.03 Effective Date">
      <paragraph indent="2">This regulation takes effect after it is signed by the County Executive</paragraph>
    </subsection>
  </regulation>
  <regulation heading="COMCOR 13.19.02 Inmate Medical Fees">
    <subsection heading="13.19.02.01 General">
      <paragraph indent="2">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.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="2">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:</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="4">(1)   Required as part of the intake process;</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="4">(2)   Required for an initial physical examination;</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="4">(3)   Due to a referral by a nurse or physician assistant;</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="4">(4)   Initiated, as a follow-up visit, by a medical professional from the Detention Center or Pre- Release Center;</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="4">(5)   Initiated by a medical or mental health staff member of the Detention Center or Pre-Release Center; or</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="4">(6)   Required for necessary treatment.</paragraph>
      <paragraph indent="2">The fees collected under this regulation shall be deposited in the general fund of the Montgomery County Government.</paragraph>
    </subsection>
    <subsection heading="13.19.02.02 Severability">
      <paragraph indent="1">If a court holds that part of this regulation is invalid, the invalidity does not affect other parts.</paragraph>
    </subsection>
    <subsection heading="13.19.02.03 Effective Date">
      <paragraph indent="1">This regulation is effective 30 calendar days after approval by the County Council.</paragraph>
    </subsection>
  </regulation>
  <regulation heading="COMCOR 13.19.03 Home Confinement Service Fees">
    <subsection heading="13.19.03.01 General">
      <paragraph indent="1">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.</paragraph>
    </subsection>
    <subsection heading="13.19.03.02 Severability">
      <paragraph indent="1">If a court holds that part of this regulation is invalid, the invalidity does not affect other parts.</paragraph>
    </subsection>
    <subsection heading="13.19.03.03 Effective Date">
      <paragraph indent="1">This regulation takes effect when the Council receives a copy of the regulation adopted by the County Executive.</paragraph>
    </subsection>
  </regulation>
</section>