November 27, 2018, Introduced by Rep. LaFave and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled
"Corrections code of 1953,"
by amending section 67a (MCL 791.267a), as added by 1996 PA 234.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
67a. (1) A Except as
provided under subsections (2) and
(4), a prisoner who receives nonemergency medical, dental, or
optometric services at his or her request is responsible for a
copayment fee to the department for those services, as determined
by the department. If the prisoner is a minor, the prisoner's
parent or guardian is also responsible for a copayment fee imposed
under this section.
(2) A prisoner who intentionally injures himself or herself,
and receives emergency medical care for that injury, is responsible
for
the entire cost of the medical care.
, rather than the
copayment
described in subsection (1).
(3)
The department shall determine whether those the prisoners
who
injure themselves intentionally shall will be housed in a
facility designed to allow on-site medical treatment of those
injuries.
Not later than 6 months after the effective date of this
section,
September 30, 1997, the director of the department shall
report to the legislature on the feasibility and cost of
implementing this subsection.
(4) A prisoner who receives gender reassignment surgery at his
or her request is responsible for the entire cost of the treatment.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.