Sec. 507.023. AIDS AND HIV EDUCATION; TESTING. (a) The state jail division shall establish and provide education programs to educate state jail division employees and defendants in state jail felony facilities about AIDS and HIV in the same manner as the institutional division establishes and provides programs for employees and inmates under Section 501.054.
(b) The state jail division shall adopt a policy for handling a defendant with AIDS or HIV and shall test a defendant for AIDS or HIV in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as apply to the institutional division under Section 501.054.
(c) In this section, "AIDS" and "HIV" have the meanings assigned by Section 81.101, Health and Safety Code.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 988, Sec. 1.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1184 (H.B. 43), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 507 - State Jail Division
Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 507.022. Employees' Salaries, Room and Board, and Medical Care
Section 507.023. AIDS and HIV Education; Testing
Section 507.024. Transportation of Defendants
Section 507.026. Change in Designation of Facility
Section 507.028. Screening for and Education Concerning Fetal Alcohol Exposure During Pregnancy
Section 507.029. Use of Inmate Labor
Section 507.031. Furlough Program
Section 507.032. Identification of Defendants Subject to Arrest Warrant