Provider interference with intrastate inmate calling services

Sec. 21. (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. As added by P.L.34-2022, SEC.8.