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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69917</law_id><section_number>8.01-66.9:1</section_number><catch_line>Lien against recovery for medical treatment provided to prisoner</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Actions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7.1">Lien for Hospital, Medical and Nursing Services</unit></structure><text>
						<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. Such <span class="dictionary">lien</span> shall be subject to the payment of reasonable attorneys&#x2019; fees and costs.</p></section></text><history>1984, c. 519.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
