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 arrested person prior to booking into a jail or municipal holding facility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 356.15, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   356.15  Expenses.
   1.  For purposes of this section, “booking” means the functions performed by a jail or municipal holding facility to receive a prisoner as described in section 356.7, subsection 7.
   2.  All expenses for medical aid incurred by an arrested person prior to the booking of the arrested person into a jail or municipal holding facility due to the conduct of the arrested person during the arrest, are the responsibility of the arrested person.
   3.  All charges and expenses for the safekeeping and maintenance of prisoners shall be allowed by the board of supervisors, except those committed or detained by the authority of the courts of the United States, in which cases the United States must pay such expenses to the county, or those committed for violation of a city ordinance, in which case the city shall pay expenses to the county, or those committed or detained from another state, in which case the governmental entity from the other state sending the prisoners shall pay expenses to the county.
EXPLANATION
   This bill relates to expenses for medical aid incurred by an arrested person prior to booking into a jail or municipal holding facility.
   The bill requires that all expenses for medical aid incurred by an arrested person prior to booking into a jail or municipal holding facility due to the conduct of the arrested person during the arrest, are the responsibility of the arrested person.
   The bill defines “booking” to mean the functions performed by a jail or municipal holding facility to receive a prisoner as described in Code section 356.7(7).