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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-203" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Safety, Health, and Welfare of Incarcerated Individuals">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The managing official of a local correctional facility shall provide to an incarcerated individual in the custody of the managing official:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>food and board; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any article of comfort that is considered necessary for a sick incarcerated individual by the physician attending the incarcerated individual.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in §§ 11–204 and 11–205 of this subtitle and subject to subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section, the county shall pay the costs associated with food, board, and articles of comfort provided to incarcerated individuals under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An incarcerated individual in a local correctional facility who is sick, injured, or disabled shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>reimburse the county, as appropriate, for the payment of medical expenses; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide the managing official with any information relating to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the existence of any health insurance, group health plan, or prepaid medical care coverage under which the incarcerated individual is insured or covered;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the incarcerated individual’s eligibility for benefits under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the name and address of any third party payor; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>any policy or other identifying number relating to items (i) through (iii) of this item.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In addition to obtaining any reimbursement authorized under subsection (b) of this section and subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, the governing body of each county shall establish a reasonable fee, not to exceed $4, for each visit by an incarcerated individual in a local correctional facility to an institutional medical unit or noninstitutional physician, dentist, or optometrist.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The per visit fee shall be deducted from an incarcerated individual’s spending financial account, reserve financial account, or similar account held by the managing official on behalf of the incarcerated individual.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the general fund of the county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to a visit by an incarcerated individual to a medical unit or a physician, dentist, or optometrist if the visit is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>required as a part of the intake process;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>required for an initial physical examination;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>due to a referral by a nurse or physician’s assistant;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>provided during a follow–up visit that is initiated by a medical professional from the local correctional facility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>initiated by a medical or mental health staff member of the local correctional facility; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>required for necessary treatment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Subsections (b) and (c) of this section do not impose liability for reimbursement or payment of medical expenses on any person other than an incarcerated individual personally or through a person that provides insurance, coverage, or other benefits described under subsection (b) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
