By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2237               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to prescription medications for the care and treatment of   inmates and prisoners in county jails.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:   SECTION 1.  Chapter 511, Government Code, is amended by adding   Section 511.009(a)(21) to read as follows:          (21)  The commission shall adopt reasonable rules and   procedures establishing minimum standards regarding the continuity   of prescription medications for the care and treatment of inmates   and prisoners in county jails. The rules and procedures shall   require that inmates and prisoners who are determined to be   lawfully taking a prescription medication when they enter the   county jail be maintained on that same prescription medication   until a qualified health care professional directs otherwise upon   individualized consideration.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.