ND SB2024

Excludes individuals under home detention, electronic monitoring, or similar non-physical confinement programs from the definition of "inmate."

Allows correctional facilities to charge inmates up to $10 per inmate-requested medical visit, full costs for self-inflicted injuries, and necessary health care costs, but prohibits charges for intake assessments and facility-requested examinations.

Requires inmates with health insurance to have providers file claims for reimbursement and limits facility responsibility to Medicare rates when inmates lack insurance.

Establishes that facilities cannot deny adequate medical care (defined as necessary treatment preventing serious pain or hardship) to inmates without health insurance or ability to pay.

Appropriates $149,094 to modify Medicaid claims processing systems for county jail inmate claims and $36,162 to expand Medicaid eligibility to cover inpatient hospital services for state penitentiary and county jail inmates.