N.Y. Correction Law § 500-h: Payment of costs for medical and dental services

§ 500-h. Payment of costs for medical and dental services. 1.

Diagnoses, tests, studies or analyses for the diagnosis of a disease or

disability, and care and treatment by a hospital, as defined in article

twenty-eight of the public health law, or by a physician, or by a

dentist to incarcerated individuals of a local correctional facility

which are provided by a county or the city of New York shall be

available without cost or charge to the incarcerated individuals

receiving such examinations, care or treatment.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,

any county or the city of New York may, by local law, provide that such

entity may be reimbursed for costs paid pursuant to subdivision one of

this section from any third party coverage or indemnification carried by

an incarcerated individual. Such third party coverage or indemnification

shall first be applied against the total cost to the hospital or other

provider as established in accordance with the provisions of section

twenty-eight hundred seven of the public health law relating to rates of

payment of an individual's care and treatment, as provided herein.