[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8948 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8948

To amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the ability to assess a 
  fee for health care services for prisoners, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 8, 2024

Ms. Norton (for herself and Mr. Valadao) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the ability to assess a 
  fee for health care services for prisoners, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Bureau of Prisons Medical 
Care Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. NO FEE FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR PRISONERS.

    Section 4048 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Fees for Health Care Services.--In the case of health care 
services provided to a prisoner in connection with a health care visit 
that results from an injury inflicted on a prisoner by another 
prisoner, the Director, in accordance with this section and with such 
regulations as the Director shall promulgate to carry out this section, 
may assess and collect a fee in connection with each such health care 
visit, from the account of the prisoner who inflicted the injury, as 
determined by the Director.'';
            (2) by striking subsection (c); and
            (3) in subsection (e), by striking ``or whether the 
        prisoner qualifies under an exclusion under this section''.
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