[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR301.317]

[Page 454]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
   CHAPTER III--FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC., DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 301--INMATE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart C--Compensation for Work-Related Physical Impairment or Death
 
Sec. 301.317  Medical treatment following release.

    Federal Prison lndustries, Inc., may not pay the cost of medical, 
hospital treatment, or any other related expense incurred after release 
from confinement unless such cost is authorized by the Claims Examiner 
in advance, or the Claims Examiner determines that circumstances warrant 
the waiver of this requirement. Generally, the payment of such costs is 
limited to impairment evaluations, or treatments intended to reduce the 
degree of physical impairment, conducted at the direction of the Claims 
Examiner. The amount of a payment for medical treatment is limited to 
reasonable expenses incurred, such as those amounts authorized under the 
applicable fee schedule established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1395w-4 for 
the Department of Health and Human Services Medicare program.

[55 FR 9296, Mar. 12, 1990, as amended at 59 FR 2667, Jan. 18, 1994]