Bill Text: TX HB1211 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of medical care to inmates confined by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-04 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1211 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1211-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Fletcher | H.B. No. 1211 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1211: | |||
| By: White of Tyler | C.S.H.B. No. 1211 | ||
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| relating to the provision of medical care to inmates confined by the | ||
| Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In this Act, "department" means the | ||
| Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | ||
| SECTION 2. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. (a) The department | ||
| shall, not later than October 1, 2015, issue a request for proposals | ||
| to provide medical care to inmates confined by the department. The | ||
| department shall determine, and specify in the request, the region | ||
| of the state for which the medical care is to be provided. The | ||
| inmates for whom care will be provided must be at least 20,000 in | ||
| number but not more than 30,000, and must include a representative | ||
| sample of the physical and mental health and custody | ||
| classifications of inmates. | ||
| (b) A response to a request for proposals must be due not | ||
| later than the 180th day after the date the request for proposals is | ||
| issued by the department. | ||
| (c) A contract awarded in response to a request for | ||
| proposals must require that: | ||
| (1) the department not spend appropriated money to | ||
| make a payment under the contract without the prior approval of the | ||
| Legislative Budget Board; and | ||
| (2) the provision of medical care begin not later than | ||
| July 1, 2016. | ||
| SECTION 3. EXPIRATION. This Act expires January 1, 2019. | ||
| SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect | ||
| immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members | ||
| elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas | ||
| Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for | ||
| immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
