Prison board considers contracts with regional hospitals for convict health care - Austin American-Statesman

In a surprise move, state prison officials revealed Friday that they are exploring a plan to run their convict health care program without any participation from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston for the first time in 18 years.
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Because UTMB had not proposed pulling completely out of prison care, the plan from corrections officials shocked some, who noted that it would end an 18-year partnership under which UTMB and Texas Tech University have provided medical care to Texas prisons.
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