accurate and timely in-person checks of cells or groups of cells
confining at-risk individuals.
SECTION 3.06. Section 511.009, Government Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The commission shall adopt reasonable rules and
procedures establishing minimum standards regarding the continuity
of prescription medications for the care and treatment of
prisoners. The rules and procedures shall require that a qualified
medical professional shall review as soon as possible any
prescription medication a prisoner is taking when the prisoner is
taken into custody.
SECTION 3.07. Chapter 511, Government Code, is amended by
adding Sections 511.019, 511.020, and 511.021 to read as follows:
Sec. 511.019. PRISONER SAFETY FUND. (a) The prisoner
safety fund is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund.
(b) The prisoner safety fund consists of:
(1) appropriations of money to the fund by the
legislature; and
(2) gifts, grants, including grants from the federal
government, and other donations received for the fund.
(c) Money in the fund may be appropriated only to the
commission to pay for capital improvements that are required under
Section 511.009(a)(23).
(d) The commission by rule may establish a grant program to
provide grants to counties to fund capital improvements described
by Subsection (c). The commission may only provide a grant to a
county for capital improvements to a county jail with a capacity of
not more than 96 prisoners.
Sec. 511.020. SERIOUS INCIDENTS REPORT. (a) On or before
the fifth day of each month, the sheriff of each county shall report
to the commission regarding the occurrence during the preceding
month of any of the following incidents involving a prisoner in the
county jail:
(1) a suicide;
(2) an attempted suicide;