2006 Ohio Revised Code - [2301.57.1] 2301.571.Financial responsibility of resident for medical treatment or service.

[§ 2301.57.1] § 2301.571. Financial responsibility of resident for medical treatment or service.
 

(A)  A person who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense and who is confined in a community-based correctional facility or district community-based correctional facility, unless indigent, is financially responsible for the payment of any medical expense or service requested by and provided to that person. 

(B)  Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section 2929.38 of the Revised Code, the facility governing board of a community-based correctional facility or district community-based correctional facility shall establish a policy that requires any person who is not indigent and who is confined in the correctional facility to pay for any medical treatment or service requested by and provided to that person. The fee for the medical treatment or service shall not exceed the actual cost of the treatment or service provided. No person confined in a community-based correctional facility or district community-based correctional facility shall be denied any necessary medical care because of inability to pay for medical treatment or service. 

(C)  Any fee paid by a person under this section shall be deducted from any medical or dental costs that the person is ordered to reimburse under a financial sanction imposed pursuant to section 2929.28 of the Revised Code or to repay under a policy adopted under section 2929.37 of the Revised Code. 
 

HISTORY: 151 v H 162, § 1, eff. 10-12-06.
 

See provisions of § 3 of 151 v H 162 following RC § 2301.55.