{"id":864,"date":"2019-08-21T13:37:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T19:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/?page_id=864"},"modified":"2019-08-21T13:37:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T19:37:18","slug":"inmate-health-service-fee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/inmate-health-service-fee\/","title":{"rendered":"Inmate Health Service Fee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-q70yw-5edc6d5bc10c19fe50494c68bbc74b3f\">\n.flex_column.av-q70yw-5edc6d5bc10c19fe50494c68bbc74b3f{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-q70yw-5edc6d5bc10c19fe50494c68bbc74b3f av_one_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><div  class='avia-builder-widget-area clearfix  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><div id=\"nav_menu-7\" class=\"widget clearfix widget_nav_menu\"><h3 class=\"widgettitle\">Quick Links<\/h3><div class=\"menu-inmate-services-container\"><ul id=\"menu-inmate-services\" class=\"menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-3730\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3730\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/inmate-services\/\">Inmate Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2265\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-2265\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/jaillookup\/search.jsp\">Inmate Look Up<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3740\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3740\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/inmate-mail\/\">Inmate Mail<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3742\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3742\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/inmate-programs\/\">Inmate Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3741\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3741\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/inmate-money\/\">Inmate Money<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3841\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3841\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/property\/\">Inmate Property<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3743\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3743\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/inmate-telephone\/\">Inmate Telephone<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3744\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3744\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/video-visitation\/\">Video Visitation<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3825\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3825\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/inmate-health-service-fee\/\">Inmate Health Service Fee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-fapig-3346c39d71cdb65c7ab4ae49ddb5407c\">\n.flex_column.av-fapig-3346c39d71cdb65c7ab4ae49ddb5407c{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-fapig-3346c39d71cdb65c7ab4ae49ddb5407c av_two_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-azyiw-a9a6af2fc577e8b437757f28591b4a42 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"rxbodyfield\">\n<p>Patients requesting and\/or receiving health services within the Dallas County jail will be assessed appropriate medical fees for services. Health services will be rendered regardless of the patient\u2019s ability to pay for the service. The fee(s) may be deducted from an inmate\u2019s trust fund (commissary) account so long the deduction does not cause the balance in the account to fall below $6.00.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schedule of Fees:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style: lower-alpha;\">\n<li>Patients will be charged a $10.00 medical care fee for each request for care (kite) that they submit, a verbal request for medical care, or an incident that requires an assessment by a licensed health care staff member.<\/li>\n<li>Patients will be charged a $10.00 medical care fee for each inquiry received by the Dallas County Sheriff\u2019s Office, which results in an assessment by a licensed healthcare staff member. (For example, verbal or written correspondence from family members, friends, attorneys, or public figures).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Exceptions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style: lower-alpha;\">\n<li>Patients will not be charged fees for nursing assessments performed upon intake.<\/li>\n<li>Patients will not be charged fees for medical and mental health assessments within the Medical Assessment Program (MAP) and the Psychiatric Assessment Program (PAP).<\/li>\n<li>Patients will not be charged fees for closed behavioral observation provider visits.<\/li>\n<li>Patients will not be charged fees for crisis stabilization services.<\/li>\n<li>Patients will not be charged fees for participation in mental health therapy groups.<\/li>\n<li>Patients will not be charged fees for follow-up appointments made by health services.<\/li>\n<li>Patients will not be charged fees for prescription medications.<\/li>\n<li>Patients will not be charged fees for tuberculosis testing.<\/li>\n<li>Patients will not be charged fees for testing for sexually transmitted diseases.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Appeals:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style: lower-alpha;\">\n<li>Patients may appeal charges by submitting a written request to the Parkland site administrator\u2019s office stating the date, the fee, and the reason for the appeal.<\/li>\n<li>The patient\u2019s commissary funds will be refunded by Dallas County personnel if it is determined that the charge is in error.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Posting of Notice:<\/strong><br \/>\nThese rules shall be placed in the inmate handbook given to the inmates. Also, these rules shall be posted in the health clinics in the jails.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-864","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}