By: Madden (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 2119
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 16, 2011;
May 16, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 21, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 21, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirement that the Texas Correctional Office on
Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments provide certain
services and programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 614, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Section 614.0205 to read as follows:
Sec. 614.0205. APPROPRIATION CONTINGENCY. The office is
required to provide a service or program under Section 614.019(a)
or 614.020 only if the legislature appropriates money specifically
for that purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money
specifically for that purpose, the office may, but is not required
to, provide a service or program under Section 614.019(a) or
614.020 using other appropriations available for that purpose.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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