(55 ILCS 5/5-37006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-37006)
Sec. 5-37006. Reimbursement for cost of services. In relation
to inpatient hospital services provided at any health care facility
maintained by the Commission to any person under the legal custody of the
Sheriff of Cook County pending trial the Commission may obtain
reimbursement from the confined person to whom the services were provided
for the cost of such services to the extent that such person is reasonably
able to pay for such care, including reimbursement from any insurance
program or from other medical benefit programs available to such person.
If such person has already been determined eligible for medical assistance
under the Illinois Public Aid Code at the time the person is initially
detained pending trial, the cost of such services, to the extent such cost
exceeds $2,500, shall be reimbursed by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services under
that Act. A reimbursement under any public or private program authorized
by this Section shall be paid to the Commission to the same extent as would
obtain had the services been rendered in a non-custodial environment.
This Section does not apply to services provided to any person who
has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to an offense and is held in
custody pending sentencing or under sentence of the court.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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