Anthony Wayne Gray was experiencing breathing problems due to pre-existing conditions after he was booked into the Jefferson County Jail in Beaumont, Texas, on April 13, 2021. Records show that he received medical treatment from the medical staff. However, he died on May 8, 2021, after being moved to a Beaumont hospital.

The following are details about health service plan requirements for Texas county jails as established by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS).

Texas Administrative Code, Title 37, Part 9, Chapter 273

RULE §273.2 — Health Services Plan

All Texas county jails must establish and implement a written health services plan that has been approved by TCJS. Each plan must include procedures for ensuring the following:

• Inmates have access to regularly scheduled sick calls;
• Referrals can be made for inmates to receive dental, medical, and mental services;
• In emergency and acute situations, inmates will receive prompt, efficient medical care;
• Disabled inmates must receive necessary convalescent and long-term care;
• Prescriptions are properly controlled, distributed, securely stored, and inventoried;
• Needles, prescriptions, and syringes must be disposed of in hazardous waste containers;
• Treatments, examinations, and other procedures involved in the health care of inmates must be performed in a reasonable and dignified way and location; and
• Inmates must be given access to a mental health professional 24 hours every day, whether in the jail or via a telemental health service.

See Part 1 of this continuing series.

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