County Indigent Health Care Programs Tap Into State Funds Training Sessions Open to County Judges, Commissioners Eleven Texas counties received approximately $2.5 million in state matching funds in 2010 to help offset the cost of indigent health care, according to the latest Texas Department … [Read more...] about County Indigent Health Care Programs
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Task Force Awards $2.5 Million to Improve Indigent Defense
Five Counties Secure Discretionary Grant Money The Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense approved more than $2.5 million in new funding to five Texas counties to improve their indigent defense systems. Programs in Dickens and Lubbock counties will provide direct representation to the poor in rural counties, and improvements to indigent defense processes will be … [Read more...] about Task Force Awards $2.5 Million to Improve Indigent Defense
Indigent DefenseTask Force Changes Plan Submission Process
The Task Force on Indigent Defense (Task Force) has developed a new process for submission of indigent defense plans resulting in a single, uniform, accessible indigent defense plan for each court level in each county that may be amended and searched, said Task Force Director Jim Bethke. The changes were initiated based on internal audit recommendations. Plan submission … [Read more...] about Indigent DefenseTask Force Changes Plan Submission Process
County Responsibility for Death Calls
Several counties have reported receiving invoices from local funeral homes for transport of a body from the place of death to the funeral home. These "first call" events generally occur in response to a telephone call from a county law enforcement officer or justice of the peace. The legal status of these claims is determined by the circumstances of the request and the … [Read more...] about County Responsibility for Death Calls
County Indigent Health Care Programs
Ten Texas counties received approximately $2.6 million in state matching funds in 2007 to help offset the cost of indigent health care, said Jan Maberry, County Indigent Health Care Program (CIHCP) manager for the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). The Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act of 1985 requires counties that are not completely covered by a hospital … [Read more...] about County Indigent Health Care Programs