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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to minimum standards regarding the continuity of |
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prescription medications for the care and treatment of county jail |
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prisoners. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 511.009, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) The commission shall adopt reasonable rules and |
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procedures establishing minimum standards regarding the continuity |
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of prescription medications for the care and treatment of |
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prisoners. The rules and procedures shall require that a prisoner |
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who is determined to be lawfully taking a prescription medication |
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when the prisoner enters the county jail be maintained on that same |
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prescription medication or an equivalent generic drug until a |
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qualified health care professional directs otherwise on |
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individualized consideration. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2018, the Commission on |
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Jail Standards shall adopt the rules and procedures required by |
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Section 511.009(d), Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |