County authorizes data-use agreement with Texas Tech Health Sciences Center for inmate care

Jan 27, 2026

The commissioners approved a data-use agreement to let county detention medical providers interface electronic data with Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center to improve medical care for inmates.

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The court authorized the county judge to sign a data-use agreement with Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center that will allow medical-provider systems serving the county detention center and University Medical Center to interface, improving coordination of inmate medical care.

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