| 1 | 1 | | By: Farrar H.B. No. 1528 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the provision of services to certain HIV-infected |
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| 7 | 7 | | individuals. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subsection (b) of Sec. 85.061, Health and Safety |
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| 10 | 10 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 85.061. HIV MEDICATION PROGRAM. (a) The Texas HIV |
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| 12 | 12 | | medication program is established in the department. |
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| 13 | 13 | | (b) (1) The program shall assist hospital districts, local |
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| 14 | 14 | | health departments, public or nonprofit hospitals and clinics, |
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| 15 | 15 | | nonprofit community organizations, and HIV-infected individuals in |
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| 16 | 16 | | the purchase of medications approved by the board that have been |
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| 17 | 17 | | shown to be effective in reducing hospitalizations due to |
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| 18 | 18 | | HIV-related conditions. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) Out of funding available under Subchapter C and D, |
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| 20 | 20 | | the program shall assist in the provision of discharge planning and |
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| 21 | 21 | | transitional primary care and social support services to |
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| 22 | 22 | | HIV-infected individuals in the custody of a local county jail in a |
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| 23 | 23 | | county with a population of 3.3 million or more who are nearing |
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| 24 | 24 | | release or whose incarceration is of a short duration. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 26 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 27 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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