§ 3.14.010. Inmate health care co-payment program.

A need exists to pass an ordinance pursuant to I.C. 11-12-5-5 that requires inmate co-payment for medical services rendered in the Porter County Jail. In that regard, the Porter County board of commissioners adopts I.C. 11-12-5-5 in its entirety as it relates to health care co-payments which statute provides as follows:

Sec. 5. (a). This section does not apply to a person confined to a county jail who:

(1) maintains a policy of insurance from a private company covering:

(A) medical care,

(B) dental care,

(C) eye care, or ;21; (D) any other health care related service; or

(2) is willing to pay for the person's own medical care.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a person confined to a county jail may be required to make a co-payment in an amount of not more than fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each provision of any of the following services:

(1) Medical care;

(2) Dental care;

(3) Eye care;

(4) Any other health care related service.

(c) A person confined to a county jail is not required to make the co-payment under subsection (b) if:

(1) the person does not have funds in the person's commissary account or trust account at the time the service is provided;

(2) the person does not have funds in the person's commissary account or trust account within thirty (30) days after the service is provided;

(3) the service is provided in an emergency;

(4) the service is provided as a result of an injury received in the county jail; or

(5) the service is provided at the request of the sheriff or jail administrator.

(d) Money collected must be deposited into the county medical care for inmates fund.

(Ord. 02-11 § 1; Ord. 01-06 § 2)