House Study Bill 528 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BAUDLER) A BILL FOR An Act relating to expenses for medical aid incurred by an 1 arrested person prior to booking into a jail or municipal 2 holding facility. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5266YC (3) 84 jm/rj

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 356.15, Code 2011, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 356.15 Expenses. 3 1. For purposes of this section, “booking” means the 4 functions performed by a jail or municipal holding facility to 5 receive a prisoner as described in section 356.7, subsection 7. 6 2. All expenses for medical aid incurred by an arrested 7 person prior to the booking of the arrested person into a 8 jail or municipal holding facility due to the conduct of the 9 arrested person during the arrest, are the responsibility of 10 the arrested person. 11 3. All charges and expenses for the safekeeping and 12 maintenance of prisoners shall be allowed by the board of 13 supervisors, except those committed or detained by the 14 authority of the courts of the United States, in which cases 15 the United States must pay such expenses to the county, or 16 those committed for violation of a city ordinance, in which 17 case the city shall pay expenses to the county, or those 18 committed or detained from another state, in which case the 19 governmental entity from the other state sending the prisoners 20 shall pay expenses to the county. 21 EXPLANATION 22 This bill relates to expenses for medical aid incurred by 23 an arrested person prior to booking into a jail or municipal 24 holding facility. 25 The bill requires that all expenses for medical aid incurred 26 by an arrested person prior to booking into a jail or municipal 27 holding facility due to the conduct of the arrested person 28 during the arrest, are the responsibility of the arrested 29 person. 30 The bill defines “booking” to mean the functions performed 31 by a jail or municipal holding facility to receive a prisoner 32 as described in Code section 356.7(7). 33 -1- LSB 5266YC (3) 84 jm/rj 1/ 1