Sec. 511.0098.  PRISONER HEALTH BENEFITS COVERAGE INFORMATION; PAYMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.  (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.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1195 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.