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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 519 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":280995,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69917,"identifier":"8.01-66.9:1","token":"8.01\/3\/7.1\/8.01-66.9_1","url":"\/8.01-66.9_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-66.9_1\/","token":"8.01\/3\/7.1\/8.01-66.9_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Lien against recovery for medical treatment provided to prisoner","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-66.9:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In any <span class=\"dictionary\">civil action<\/span> brought for injuries or death suffered by any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> while confined in a state or local correctional facility, the Commonwealth or the locality, as the case may be, shall have a <span class=\"dictionary\">lien<\/span> against any recovery by <span class=\"dictionary\">settlement<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">verdict<\/span> for all actual expenses incurred by the Commonwealth or the locality for medical, surgical and hospital treatment and supplies for the prisoner, whether provided by public or private health care providers, as a result of the injury. 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Such lien shall be subject to the payment of reasonable\nattorneys&#8217; fees and costs.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 519.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}