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| 1 | 1 | 86R2799 GCB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 593 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to access to a county jail prisoner's health benefits | |
| 8 | 8 | coverage information for mental health service providers. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 511, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Section 511.0098 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 511.0098. PRISONER HEALTH BENEFITS COVERAGE | |
| 13 | 13 | INFORMATION; PAYMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. (a) The | |
| 14 | 14 | commission shall adopt procedures by which a local mental health | |
| 15 | 15 | authority or other mental health services provider providing | |
| 16 | 16 | services to a prisoner in a county jail under a contract with the | |
| 17 | 17 | county may collect the following from a prisoner who receives those | |
| 18 | 18 | services and is covered by health insurance or other health | |
| 19 | 19 | benefits coverage: | |
| 20 | 20 | (1) the name of the policyholder or group contract | |
| 21 | 21 | holder; | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) the number of the policy or evidence of coverage; | |
| 23 | 23 | (3) a copy of the health coverage membership card, if | |
| 24 | 24 | available; and | |
| 25 | 25 | (4) any other information necessary for the prisoner | |
| 26 | 26 | to obtain benefits under the coverage. | |
| 27 | 27 | (b) A local mental health authority or other mental health | |
| 28 | 28 | services provider who provides mental health services to a prisoner | |
| 29 | 29 | under a contract with a county may arrange for the issuer of the | |
| 30 | 30 | health insurance policy or other health benefits coverage to pay | |
| 31 | 31 | for those services. | |
| 32 | 32 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |