Honorable Jerry Madden, Chair, House Committee on Corrections
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB2389 by Madden (Relating to the right of a minor in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to consent to medical, dental, psychological, and surgical treatment.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Government Code and would amend the Family Code by allowing an inmate who is younger than age 18, and confined in the Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to consent to medical, dental, psychological, and surgical treatment by a licensed physician or dentist, or a person under the supervision of a licensed physician or dentist. The bill would not apply to treatment constituting an abortion on an unemancipated youth with no court order authorizing the youth to consent to the abortion, or the lack of serious medical risk requiring immediate action with no time to obtain parental consent for the abortion, as described in Section 164.052, Occupational Code. The bill would take effect September 1, 2007.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.