Section 801.5a - Reimbursement for medical expenses; cooperation by prisoner required; wilful refusal to cooperate. - Michigan Statutes

Revised Statutes of 1846 (EXCERPT)
Chapter 171. Of county jails and the regulation thereof.

801.5a Reimbursement for medical expenses; cooperation by prisoner required; wilful refusal to cooperate.

Sec. 5a.

(1) The county board of commissioners may seek reimbursement for expenses incurred in providing medical care and treatment pursuant to sections 4 to 5. If a county board of commissioners seeks reimbursement pursuant to this section, reimbursement shall be sought only in the following order:

(a) From the prisoner or person charged.

(b) From insurance companies, health care corporations, or other sources if the prisoner or person charged is covered by an insurance policy, a certificate issued by a health care corporation, or other source for those expenses.

(2) A prisoner in a county jail shall cooperate with the county in seeking reimbursement under subsection (1) for medical expenses incurred by the county for that prisoner.

(3) A prisoner who wilfully refuses to cooperate as provided in subsection (2) shall not receive a reduction in his or her term under section 7 of Act No. 60 of the Public Acts of 1962, being section 801.257 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: Add. 1982, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Feb. 25, 1982