Tex. Gov't Code § 511.0098 · Chapter 511. COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDS
PRISONER HEALTH BENEFITS COVERAGE INFORMATION; PAYMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission shall adopt procedures by which a local mental health authority or other mental health services provider providing services to a prisoner in a county jail under a contract with the county may collect the following from a prisoner who receives those services and is covered by health insurance or other health benefits coverage:
(1) the name of the policyholder or group contract holder;
(2) the number of the policy or evidence of coverage;
(3) a copy of the health coverage membership card, if available; and
(4) any other information necessary for the prisoner to obtain benefits under the coverage.
(b) A local mental health authority or other mental health services provider who provides mental health services to a prisoner under a contract with a county may arrange for the issuer of the health insurance policy or other health benefits coverage to pay for those services.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1195 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.511.htm
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