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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 9525 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9525

To amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the ability to assess a 
  fee for health care services for prisoners, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2026

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the ability to assess a 
  fee for health care services for prisoners, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    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 PRISONERS.

    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''.
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Federal Bureau of Prisons Medical Care Act of 2026

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