Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 203 amends the Government Code to require an inmate confined in a facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to pay a $3 copayment, to be deducted from the inmate's trust account, for all self-initiated nonemergency health care visits. A copayment may not be charged for follow-up, prenatal, or chronic care, and no inmate would be denied health care if unable to pay. Money received will be used to pay the cost of administering the program. At the beginning of each fiscal year, any surplus funds will be transferred to the general revenue fund.