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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-118" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Department Established">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to incarcerated individuals in a State correctional facility.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Secretary shall assess a reasonable fee not to exceed $4 for each visit by an incarcerated individual to a medical unit, physician, dentist, or optometrist for health care services.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary may not assess a fee for health care services that are:</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 correctional facility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>required for necessary treatment; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>initiated by a medical or mental health staff member of the correctional facility.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Secretary shall adopt regulations to implement and collect the fees required by this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
