La. Admin. Code tit. 22 § I-2101

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section I-2101 - Medical Reimbursement Plan

A. Purpose-to provide for the implementation and administration of an offender co-payment program.

B. Applicability-deputy secretary, undersecretary, chief of operations, regional wardens, wardens, and the sheriff or administrator of local jail facilities. Each unit head is responsible for ensuring that appropriate unit written policy and procedures are in place to comply with the provisions of this regulation.

C. Policy. It is the secretary's policy that medical co-payments must comply with the provisions of R.S. 15:831(B)(1).

D. Procedures

1. Offenders Housed in State Institutions

a. Procedures concerning medical co-payments shall be followed in accordance with procedures established by the department's medical/mental health director.

b. Offenders shall file a claim with a private medical or health care insurer (or any public medical assistance program under which the offender is covered and from which the offender may make a claim), for payment or reimbursement of the cost of any such medical treatment. Upon receipt of the claim proceeds, the offender shall reimburse the department for the cost of medical services provided.

2. State Offenders Housed in Local Jail Facilities

a. Any plan for reimbursement of medical and dental expenses incurred by a state offender housed in a local jail facility shall be approved by the secretary prior to implementation of the plan. The plan shall contain language that stipulates that no offender will be denied medical care because of an inability to pay reimbursement or co-payments.

b. The facility shall require that the offender file a claim with a private medical or health care insurer (or any public medical assistance program under which the offender is covered and from which the offender may make a claim), for payment or reimbursement of the cost of any such medical treatment. Upon receipt of the claim proceeds, the offender shall reimburse the facility for the cost of medical services provided.

La. Admin. Code tit. 22, § I-2101

Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Corrections Services LR 26:331 (February 2000), amended LR 36:1784 (August 2010).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 15:831.