Introduced in House
Federal Bureau of Prisons Medical Care Act of 2026
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLETrack this section →
This Act may be cited as the Federal Bureau of Prisons Medical Care Act of 2026.
SEC. 2. NO FEE FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR PRISONERSTrack this section →
Section 4048 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) 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.; (2) by striking subsection (c); and (3) in subsection (e), by striking or whether the prisoner qualifies under an exclusion under this section.