Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Federal Bureau of Prisons Medical Care Act of 2018”.
Federal Bureau of Prisons Medical Care Act of 2018
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.
Sec. 2 No fee for health care services for prisoners
Section 4048 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
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.”
by striking subsection (c); and
in subsection (e), by striking “or whether the prisoner qualifies under an exclusion under this section”.