Bill Text: TX HB1148 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting the Texas Department of Criminal Justice from charging an inmate a fee for health care.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-04 - Referred to Corrections [HB1148 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1148-Introduced.html
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By: White | H.B. No. 1148 |
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relating to prohibiting the Texas Department of Criminal Justice | ||
from charging an inmate a fee for health care. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 501.063, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 501.063. INMATE FEE FOR HEALTH CARE PROHIBITED. The | ||
department may not charge an [ |
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facility operated by or under contract with the department a fee for | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 501.014(g), Government Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |