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AN ACT
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relating to the amount of the health care services fee paid by |
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certain inmates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 501.063(a)(1), Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(1) An inmate confined in a facility operated by or |
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under contract with the department, other than a halfway house, who |
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initiates a visit to a health care provider shall pay a health care |
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services fee to the department in the amount of $13.55 per visit, |
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except that an inmate may not be required to pay more than $100 |
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during a state fiscal year [$100]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 501.063(a)(2), Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 812 was passed by the House on April |
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10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 812 on May 17, 2019, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 812 on May 25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 144, |
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Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 812 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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812 on May 25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |