SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1471

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES BRATTIN (Sponsor) AND FITZWATER (Co-sponsor).

5437H.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To amend chapter 217, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to inmate charges for medical treatment at correctional facilities.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 217, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 217.243, to read as follows:

            217.243. Any inmate who receives on-site non-emergency medical examination or treatment from the correctional center's medical personnel shall be assessed a charge of fifty cents per visit for such medical examination or treatment.

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