Texas Health And Safety Code Title 2, Chapter 89 - Screening And Treatment For Tuberculosis In Jails And Other Correctional Facilities

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 89.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Community corrections facility" means a facility established under Chapter 509, Government Code. (2) "County jail" means a facility operated by or...

SUBCHAPTER B SCREENING OF JAIL EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS

• Texas Section 89.002 - Scope Of Chapter
  Except as provided by Subchapter E, this chapter applies only to a jail that: (1) has a capacity of at least 100 beds; or (2)...
• Texas Section 89.011 - Screening Of Jail Employees And Volunteers
  (a) The governing body of a jail or community corrections facility, through the community supervision and corrections department, shall require that each employee or volunteer...
• Texas Section 89.012 - Follow-up Evaluations And Treatment
  (a) An employee or a volunteer with a positive screening test result must obtain a diagnostic evaluation from the person's own physician to determine if...
• Texas Section 89.013 - Certificate Required
  (a) The governing body or a designee of the governing body shall confirm that each employee or volunteer required to be screened under this subchapter...

SUBCHAPTER C INMATE SCREENING AND TREATMENT

• Texas Section 89.014 - Cost Of Tests, Follow-up, And Treatment
  The employee or volunteer shall pay the expense of a screening test, diagnostic evaluation, or other professional medical service required under this subchapter unless the...
• Texas Section 89.051 - Inmate Screening Required
  (a) Each inmate in a jail or community corrections facility shall undergo a screening test for tuberculosis infection approved by the executive commissioner if: (1)...
• Texas Section 89.052 - Rescreening; Diagnostic Evaluations
  The department or a health authority may require a governing body to provide an additional screening test or a diagnostic evaluation if the department or...
• Texas Section 89.053 - Follow-up Evaluations
  (a) If an inmate has a confirmed positive screening test result, the governing body shall provide a diagnostic evaluation to determine whether the inmate has...

SUBCHAPTER D REPORTING; RULEMAKING; MINIMUM STANDARDS

• Texas Section 89.054 - Inmate Transfer And Release
  A copy of an inmate's medical records or documentation of screenings or treatment received during confinement must accompany an inmate transferred from one jail or...
• Texas Section 89.071 - Reporting
  (a) A case of tuberculosis shall be reported to the appropriate health authority or to the department not later than the third day after the...
• Texas Section 89.072 - Rulemaking
  The department shall recommend to the Commission on Jail Standards and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice rules to carry out this chapter, including rules...

SUBCHAPTER E CONTINUITY OF CARE

• Texas Section 89.073 - Adoption Of Local Standards
  (a) The standards prescribed by this chapter and the rules adopted by the executive commissioner relating to screening tests or examinations for tuberculosis required for...
• Texas Section 89.101 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Corrections facility" means: (A) a jail or community corrections facility, without regard to whether the jail or facility satisfies the requirements...
• Texas Section 89.102 - Report Of Release
  A corrections facility shall report to the department the release of an offender who is receiving treatment for tuberculosis. The department shall arrange for continuity...

Last modified: September 28, 2016