1-1     By:  Van de Putte                                     S.B. No. 1582
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2001; March 14, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
 1-4     April 23, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 23, 2001,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1582                  By:  Bivins
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to responses to medical grievances filed by inmates
1-11     confined in Texas correctional facilities.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Section 501.150, Government Code, is amended by
1-14     adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-15           (d)  If the department refers a medical grievance to a
1-16     medical care provider, the medical care provider shall respond to
1-17     the grievance inquiry not later than the 30th day after the date
1-18     the department refers the grievance.
1-19           SECTION 2.  Section 501.151, Government Code, is amended by
1-20     adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-21           (d)  If the committee refers a medical grievance to a medical
1-22     care provider, the medical care provider shall respond to the
1-23     grievance inquiry not later than the 30th day after the date the
1-24     committee refers the grievance.
1-25           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-26     applies to a medical grievance referred to a medical care provider
1-27     under Section 501.150 or 501.151, Government Code, as amended by
1-28     this Act, on or after that date.
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