Bill Text: TX SB806 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the care of pregnant women in county jail or in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB806 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB806-Introduced.html
| 87R3070 MCF-D | ||
| By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 806 | |
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| relating to the care of pregnant women in county jail or in the | ||
| custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 501.0668 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 501.0668. DUTIES FOLLOWING MISCARRIAGE OR PHYSICAL OR | ||
| SEXUAL ABUSE OF PREGNANT INMATE. As soon as practicable after | ||
| receiving a report of a miscarriage or physical or sexual abuse of a | ||
| pregnant inmate, the department shall ensure that an appropriate | ||
| health care professional promptly: | ||
| (1) reviews the health care services provided to the | ||
| inmate; and | ||
| (2) orders additional health care services, including | ||
| mental health services, as the health care professional considers | ||
| appropriate. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 351, Local Government | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 351.048 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 351.048. DUTIES FOLLOWING MISCARRIAGE OR PHYSICAL OR | ||
| SEXUAL ABUSE OF PREGNANT PRISONER. As soon as practicable after | ||
| receiving a report of a miscarriage or physical or sexual abuse of a | ||
| pregnant prisoner while in the custody of a county jail, the sheriff | ||
| shall ensure that an appropriate health care professional promptly: | ||
| (1) reviews the health care services provided to the | ||
| prisoner; and | ||
| (2) orders additional health care services, including | ||
| mental health services, as the health care professional considers | ||
| appropriate. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
