ARS § 31-20 1.01 was passed during the Fiscal
Year 1994 session of the Legislature and states that inmates are to be assessed the
medical costs as the result of inmate assaults or self inflicted injures. Part of the
disciplinary sanction process is to assess a percentage of the total medical costs.
On September 21, 1994, an ADC Management Order
was issued implementing the process of tracking, collecting paid invoices and charging the
appropriate facility inmate Activities and Recreation Funds (A&R Fund) a percentage of
these total charges. The revenue generated from the A&R Fund was deposited back to the
Department's. Inmate Health Services Division as a credit to expenditures.
Every time a facility A&R Fund reimburses our
Inmate Health Services Division for expenditures, the Warden posts a notice on the yard so
all inmates are aware of the deduction from the A& R Fund and the reason for the
deduction.
The following chart depicts our history from FY
95 through FY 98 that this procedure has been implemented:
| Fiscal Year |
Number of Inmates |
Total and Projected Costs |
Invoiced Amount |
Revenue from A&R Funds |
Incidence per 1000 Inmates |
| *FY 95 |
133 |
$742,448 |
$401,645.38 |
$66,971.34 |
7 |
| FY 96 |
173 |
$1,084,743 |
$826,297.38 |
$787,197.81 |
9 |
| FY 97 |
131 |
$557,441 |
$325,570.03 |
$306,895.64 |
6 |
| FY 98 |
185 |
$784,953 |
$536,937.74 |
$531,793.13 |
8 |
| Total |
622 |
$3,169,585 |
$2,090,450.53 |
$1,692,857.92 |
|
*FY 95 Implemented
for nine (9) months
The Inmate Health Services Division will continue to aggresively invoice the A&R Fund
for those charges and produce detailed reports twice per month, summarizing at the end of
the fiscal year.
Updated on August 05, 1999
