Enrolled Bill Summary

            Senate Bill 371 amends the Government Code to continue the Correctional Managed Health Care Advisory Committee until September 1, 2005. The act changes the name of the committee to the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee and expands the membership of the committee from six to nine members. The act specifies the powers and duties of the committee and defines the term limits of the members who are appointed by the governor. It establishes procedures and responsibilities to monitor the quality of care delivered to inmates by the health care providers. The act updates sections relating to sunset recommendations that are applied to all agencies. It requires the committee, in conjunction with The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to review the use of rural hospital contracts for the medical care to persons confined by the department and to report its findings and any recommendations to the 77th Legislature.