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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="5-405" title_number="5" title_name="Division of Pretrial Detention and Services" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Baltimore City -- Facilities">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An incarcerated individual in the centralized booking facility who is sick, injured, or disabled shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>reimburse the State, as appropriate, for the payment of medical expenses; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide the warden 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 the 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="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In addition to obtaining any reimbursement authorized under subsection (a) of this section and subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, the Department shall establish a reasonable fee, not to exceed $4, for each visit by an incarcerated individual 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 warden 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 State.</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 centralized booking facility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>initiated by a medical or mental health staff member of the centralized booking facility; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>required for necessary treatment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Subsections (a) and (b) 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 (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
