Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 3654	House Author:  Marquez et al.
Effective:  9-1-09	Senate Sponsor:  Davis, Wendy et al.

            House Bill 3654 amends the Government Code to require the Commission on Jail Standards to adopt reasonable rules and procedures establishing minimum requirements for county jails to determine if a prisoner is pregnant and to ensure that the jail's health services plan addresses a pregnant prisoner's medical and mental health care needs. The bill creates an additional category for prisoners who are known to be pregnant in the monthly jail population report required to be submitted to the commission by each county.