Section 24-5-27-21 - Provider interference with intrastate inmate calling services(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a provider shall not:(1) prohibit or prevent completion of an intrastate collect calling call made in connection with an inmate calling service; or(2) decline to establish or otherwise degrade intrastate collect calling made in connection with inmate calling services; solely for the reason that the provider lacks a billing relationship with the called party's communications service provider.
(b) The prohibitions set forth in subsection (a) do not apply if a provider offers debit calling, prepaid calling, or prepaid collect calling for intrastate inmate calling services calls.Added by P.L. 34-2022,SEC. 8, eff. 7/1/2022.