TITLE: Relating to the provision of services to certain HIV-infected individuals.

SUMMARY: Relating to the provision of services to certain HIV-infected individuals.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the provision of services to certain HIV-infected individuals. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subsection (b) of Sec. 85.061, Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 85.061. HIV MEDICATION PROGRAM. (a) The Texas HIV medication program is established in the department. (b) (1) The program shall assist hospital districts, local health departments, public or nonprofit hospitals and clinics, nonprofit community organizations, and HIV-infected individuals in the purchase of medications approved by the board that have been shown to be effective in reducing hospitalizations due to HIV-related conditions. (2) Out of funding available under Subchapter Cand D, the program shall assist in the provision of discharge planning and transitional primary care and social support services to HIV-infected individuals in the custody of a local county jail in a county with a population of 3.3 million or more who are nearing release or whose incarceration is of a short duration. SECTION 2. 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.