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Fla. Stat. § 951.032 (2025)
Financial responsibility for medical expenses.
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951.032 Financial responsibility for medical expenses.—
(1) A county detention facility or municipal detention facility incurring expenses for providing medical care, treatment, hospitalization, or transportation may seek reimbursement for the expenses incurred in the following order:
(a) From the prisoner or person receiving medical care, treatment, hospitalization, or transportation by deducting the cost from the prisoner’s cash account on deposit with the detention facility. If the prisoner’s cash account does not contain sufficient funds to cover medical care, treatment, hospitalization, or transportation, then the detention facility may place a lien against the prisoner’s cash account or other personal property, to provide payment in the event sufficient funds become available at a later time. Any existing lien may be carried over to future incarceration of the same prisoner as long as the future incarceration takes place within the county originating the lien and the future incarceration takes place within 3 years of the date the lien was placed against the prisoner’s account or other personal property.
(b) From an insurance company, health care corporation, or other source if the prisoner or person is covered by an insurance policy or subscribes to a health care corporation or other source for those expenses.
(2) A prisoner who receives medical care, treatment, hospitalization, or transportation shall cooperate with the county detention facility or municipal detention facility in seeking reimbursement under paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) for expenses incurred by the facility for the prisoner. A prisoner who willfully refuses to cooperate with the reimbursement efforts of the detention facility may have a lien placed against the prisoner’s cash account or other personal property and may not receive gain-time as provided by s. 951.21.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases, 1987–2009 · leading case: Williams v. Ergle, 698 So. 2d 1294 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997).
Williams v. Ergle, 698 So. 2d 1294 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997). “Section 951.032, Florida Statutes (1995), allows county and municipal detention facilities to recoup certain medical expenses from prisoners.”
Metro. Dade Cnty. v. P.L. Dodge Foundations, Inc., 509 So. 2d 1170 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987). “35 and Section 951.032, Florida Statutes (1983), and Section 951.”
In Re Keppro, 573 So. 2d 140 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991). “*142 Under Section 951.032, Florida Statutes (1987), a county or municipal detention facility may seek reimbursement from a prisoner when expenses solely relating to medical treatment are incurred.”
State, Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs. v. Myers, 696 So. 2d 863 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997). “35, Florida Statutes, we next turn to section 951.032, Florida Statutes, which we find to be instructive: 951.”
Morran v. State, 662 So. 2d 1339 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995). “35 or section 951.032, these statutes do not authorize the trial court to impose these costs as a condition of probation.”
Metro. Dade Cty. v. Pl Dodge Found, 509 So. 2d 1170 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987). “35 and Section 951.032, Florida Statutes (1983), and Section 951.”
State, Dept. of Health & Rehab. v. Myers, 696 So. 2d 863 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997). “35, Florida Statutes, we next turn to section 951.032, Florida Statutes, which we find to be instructive: 951.”
Cherry v. State, 15 So. 3d 774 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009). “35, Florida Statutes (2005), or section 951.032, Florida Statutes (2005).”
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