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By: White (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) |
H.B. No. 812 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2019; |
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April 15, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Criminal Justice; May 10, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; |
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May 10, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 812 |
By: Whitmire |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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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(a)(1) An inmate confined in a facility operated by or under |
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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 $15 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repealed.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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