Official:Amending Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code by adding Chapter 6-1000, relating to inmate medical services and providing for the payment of fees by inmates for chargeable medical services; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Kenney
Introduced: March 9, 2006
: Committee on Public Health and Human Services
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2004–2007 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.
That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.
This bill proposes a fee for medical services provided to inmates in Philadelphia's penal institutions. Inmates with insurance will pay through their insurance, while others will be charged a co-payment fee.
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