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