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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of counties to appoint, contract for, or |
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employ physicians, dentists, or other health care providers for |
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county jails. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 351, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 351.045 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 351.045. EMPLOYMENT OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. |
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(a) The commissioners court of a county may appoint, contract for, |
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or employ licensed physicians, dentists, or other health care |
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providers to provide health care services to inmates in the custody |
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of the sheriff. |
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(b) This section may not be construed as authorizing a |
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commissioners court to supervise or control the practice of |
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medicine as prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, or |
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to supervise or control the practice of dentistry as prohibited by |
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Subtitle D, Title 3, Occupations Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |