Lawmakers undo late amendment that would have given Perry control of prison health board - Austin American-Statesman

An amendment quietly added to a bill about fiscal matters in the Texas House late Thursday would have given control of the state's prison health care board to Gov. Rick Perry at a time when top Perry aides have been pressing for the panel to privatize some or all the medical services provided to convicts.

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The committee currently has nine members: two representing the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, two officials each from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and three appointed by the governor.

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