AB 2232 is a cost cutting measure which proposes to double the co-pay for accessing medical services from $5 to $10 as a way of reimbursing CDCR
for medical expenditures. If a prisoner doesn?t have enough money on her/his account for the co-pay, she would incur a ?medical debt? that would have to be
repaid before she was allowed to purchase other goods. Such a terrible increase in the co-pay will further discourage prisoners from accessing care and probably delay treatment until a condition becomes acute and more
expensive to treat. CCWP, LSPC and other sister organizations have sent strong letters opposing this bill to the Assembly Public Safety Committee.
AB2232 Threatens to increase co-pays
