2024 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4020

By Delegate Young

[Introduced January 10, 2024; Referred to the Committee on Banking and Insurance]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §25-8-1, relating to inmate medical or dental co-payments and prohibiting assessment of fees to inmates by rehabilitation centers subject to the jurisdiction of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

Article 8. Inmate MEdical Payments ACt.

§25-8-1. Co-payments for medical and dental services.

No rehabilitation center operating in the State of West Virginia under the jurisdiction of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, including adult and juvenile centers, may assess an inmate any co-payment fee for medical or dental services.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the assessment of co-payments for medical or dental services by correctional facilities in the State of West Virginia.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.