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ADOPTED
Senators Grant of the 25th, Goggans of the 7th, Mullis of the 53rd and Staton of the 18th offered the following amendment:
Senators Grant of the 25th, Goggans of the 7th, Mullis of the 53rd and Staton of the 18th offered the following amendment:
Amend
the Senate Public Safety Committee substitute to HB 464 (LC 35 1503S) by
inserting after "matters;"
on line 5 the
following:
to
amend Code Section 42-5-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
responsibilities of a governmental unit with custody of an inmate generally,
costs of emergency and follow-up care, and access to medical services or
hospital care for inmates, so as to provide for requirements for hospitals that
provide emergency health care services to state
inmates;
By
inserting between lines 59 and 60 the following:
SECTION
1A.
Code
Section 42-5-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
responsibilities of a governmental unit with custody of an inmate generally,
costs of emergency and follow-up care, and access to medical services or
hospital care for inmates, is amended by adding a new subsection to read as
follows:
"(c)
A hospital authority or hospital which is not a party to a contract with the
Georgia Department of Corrections or its agents on July 1, 2009, shall be
reimbursed no more than the applicable Georgia Medicaid rate for emergency
services provided to such state inmate. For purposes of this subsection, the
term 'state inmate' means any inmate for whom the Georgia Department of
Corrections shall be responsible for the payment of medical care thereof.
Nothing in this Code section shall prohibit the Georgia Department of
Corrections from negotiating higher fees or rates with health care providers.
It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Georgia Department of
Corrections or its agents enter into negotiations with health care providers to
contract for the provision of services as provided in this Code
section."