HR 8948 United States House · 118th Congress

Federal Bureau of Prisons Medical Care Act of 2024

This bill amends federal law to change how fees are collected for medical care provided to prisoners injured by other inmates. Specifically, it allows the Federal Bureau of Prisons Director to charge the prisoner who caused the injury directly for the related medical services, using funds from that prisoner's account. The bill removes previous restrictions on fee collection and clarifies that the fee applies only to injuries inflicted by another prisoner. This directly affects prisoners who cause physical harm to others in federal custody, shifting the cost of their medical care to the responsible party rather than the federal system.
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Introduced Jul 8, 2024 Last action Jul 8, 2024
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Jul 8, 2024
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