Oklahoma § 19-531 - Inmate Trust Fund Checking Account

§ 19-531. Inmate Trust Fund Checking Account

A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the county

sheriff may establish a checking account, to be designated the

"Inmate Trust Fund Checking Account", to be managed by the county

sheriff and maintained separately from regular county funds. The

checking account shall be subject to audit by the State Auditor and

Inspector. The county sheriff shall deposit all monies collected

from inmates incarcerated in the county jail into this checking

account and may write checks to the Sheriff's Commissary Account for

purchases made by the inmate during his or her incarceration and to

the inmate from unencumbered balances due the inmate upon his or her

discharge.

B. The sheriff may deduct an amount of Eight Dollars ($8.00) or

more from any monies collected from an inmate as a medical payment

on account for each medical services visit the inmate receives while

incarcerated in the county jail, except as otherwise provided in

this subsection. The county sheriff may deduct an amount of ten

cents ($0.10) per page from any monies collected from an inmate for

copies made at the request of the inmate. Any offender injured

during the commission of a felony or misdemeanor offense or treated

for any other medical condition or illness while incarcerated shall

be required to reimburse the sheriff the full amount paid by the

sheriff for any medical care or treatment administered to such

offender during any period of incarceration in the county jail. The

sheriff may deduct the costs of medical care and treatment whether

resulting from the commission of a felony or misdemeanor offense or

for emergency or routine medical services from any money collected

from such inmate's jail account at a rate of Eight Dollars ($8.00)

or more per visit for medication or service dispensed. If the funds

collected from the inmate's jail account are insufficient to satisfy

the actual or minimal payment on account for medical costs, the

sheriff shall collect the remaining balance of the medical care and

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treatment as provided in Section 979a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.

C. The State Auditor and Inspector shall prescribe procedures

for the operation of the Inmate Trust Fund Checking Account.

Banking fees on the account may be paid out of the Sheriff

Commissary Account or the county sheriff's Service Fee Cash Fund.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 334, § 16, emerg. eff. June 9, 1993. Amended

by Laws 1996, c. 109, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 68, § 1,

eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 290, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws

2003, c. 319, § 1.