BILL NUMBER: AB 1785	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Galgiani

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2010

   An act relating to prisons.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1785, as introduced, Galgiani. Prisons: telemedicine systems.
   Existing law states that it is the intent of the Legislature that
the Department of Corrections operate in the most cost-effective and
efficient manner possible when purchasing health care services for
inmates.
   This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to
later amend into this bill provisions that would require the prison
system to utilize a cost-effective telemedicine system within
correctional institutions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to later amend into
this bill provisions that would require the prison system to utilize
a cost-effective telemedicine system within correctional
institutions.