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| 1 | 1 | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2237 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to prescription medications for the care and treatment of | |
| 7 | 7 | inmates and prisoners in county jails. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Chapter 511, Government Code, is amended by adding | |
| 10 | 10 | Section 511.009(a)(21) to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (21) The commission shall adopt reasonable rules and | |
| 12 | 12 | procedures establishing minimum standards regarding the continuity | |
| 13 | 13 | of prescription medications for the care and treatment of inmates | |
| 14 | 14 | and prisoners in county jails. The rules and procedures shall | |
| 15 | 15 | require that inmates and prisoners who are determined to be | |
| 16 | 16 | lawfully taking a prescription medication when they enter the | |
| 17 | 17 | county jail be maintained on that same prescription medication | |
| 18 | 18 | until a qualified health care professional directs otherwise upon | |
| 19 | 19 | individualized consideration. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |