Agenda Package - 04-16-07 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

f) 4,) • Once an inmate has been medically stabilized and committed to the Jail, SHP will, commencing at that point, then become financially responsible for the cost of all medical treatment for health care services regardless of the nature of the illness or injury or whether or not the illness or injury occurred prior or subsequent to the individual's incarceration at the Jail. An inmate shall be considered medically stabilized when the patient's medical condition no longer requires immediate emergency medical care or outside hospitalization so that the inmate can reasonably be housed inside the Jail. It is expressly understood that SHP shall not be responsible for medical costs associated with the medical care of any infants born to inmates. SHP shall provide health care services to inmates up to, through, and after the birth process, but health care services provided to an infant following birth, other than those services that may be delivered in the jail prior to transport to a hospital, will not be the financial responsibility of SHP. In any event, SHP shall not be responsible for the costs associated with performing or furnishing of abortions of any kind. 1.7 Inmates Outside the Facilities The health care services contracted in the Agreement are intended only for those inmates in the actual physical custody of the S Jail. This does include inmates who are under guard in outside hospitals. Such inmates are to be included in the daily population count. No other person(s), including those who are in any outside hospital who are not under guard, shall be the financial responsibility of SHP, nor shall such person(s) be included in the daily population count. Inmates, for example, on any sort of temporary release or escape, including, but not limited to inmates temporarily released for the purpose of attending funerals or other family emergencies, inmates on escape status, inmates on pass, parole or supervised custody who do not sleep in the Jail at night, shall not be included in the daily population count, and shall not be the responsibility of SHP with respect to the payment or the furnishing of their health care services. Persons in the physical custody of other police or other penal jurisdictions at the request of County are likewise excluded from the population count and are not the responsibility of SHP for the furnishing or payment of health care services. 1.8 Elective Medical Care. SHP is not responsible for providing elective medical care to inmates, unless expressly contracted for by the County. For purposes of the Agreement, "elective medical care" means medical care which, if not provided, would not, in the opinion of SHP's Medical Director, cause the inmate's health to S deteriorate or cause definite harm to the inmate's well-being. Any referral of inmates for elective medical care must be reviewed by County prior to provision of such services.