[§353-13.1]  Nonemergency medical, dental,mental health services or treatment; intentional injury; payment by inmates. (a) The department of public safety may develop policies and proceduresgoverning the assessment of fees upon detainees and committed persons whoreceive certain medical, dental, or mental health services or treatment.  Inadopting these policies and procedures, the department shall safeguard thehealth and welfare of detainees and committed persons.

(b)  The policies and procedures shall enablethe department to assess fees upon detainees and committed persons who:

(1)  Request certain nonemergency medical, dental, ormental health services or treatment; or

(2)  Intentionally inflict injury to themselves.

(c)  The policies and procedures shall includean appeals process to allow a detainee or committed person to appeal theassessment.

(d)  The department of public safety may adoptpolicies and procedures to establish a fee schedule for medical, dental, andmental health services or treatment under the following conditions:

(1)  Fees shall be assessed from the detained orcommitted person's individual trust account pursuant to section 353-20; and

(2)  Fees shall not be assessed if the individualtrust account balance is less than $10; provided that the department mayimplement a procedure to recover fees in the future. [L 1998, c 250, §1]