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  89R8824 JDK-D     By: Meza H.B. No. 3937       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the treatment of certain inmates of the Texas   Department of Criminal Justice.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 501.0514 to read as follows:           Sec.   501.0514.     REQUIREMENTS REGARDING TREATMENT OF   LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS. (a) In this section,   "life-threatening condition" means a medical condition affecting   an inmate that, without ongoing direct care by a physician, could   result in the death of the inmate. The term includes:                 (1)  viral or focal encephalitis;                 (2)  schizophrenia;                 (3)  brain tumors;                 (4)  glioblastomas;                 (5)  intracerebral hemorrhage;                 (6)  stroke;                 (7)  brain aneurysm;                 (8)  trigeminal neuralgia;                 (9)  acute liver failure; and                 (10)  cardiac arrest.             (b)     The department shall adopt a policy requiring an inmate   suffering from a life-threatening condition to be under the ongoing   direct care of a physician in the relevant specialty.           (c)  The policy must prohibit:                 (1)     an inmate being treated for a life-threatening   condition from being transferred to the care of a medical   professional who is not a physician unless the inmate's treating   physician authorizes the transfer in writing; and                 (2)     a medical professional who is not a physician from   changing any treatment, including a prescription medication,   ordered by the inmate's treating physician.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.