82R9012 EES-F
By: Duncan S.B. No. 1753
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of the San Angelo State Supported
Living Center as a forensic state supported living center.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 555.002, Health and
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 555.002. FORENSIC STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTERS
[CENTER].
SECTION 2. Sections 555.002(a), (b), (c), and (d), Health
and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The department shall establish [a] separate forensic
state supported living centers [center] for the care [apart from
other clients and residents] of high-risk alleged offender
residents. The department shall designate the Mexia and San Angelo
State Supported Living Centers [Center] for this purpose.
(b) In establishing the forensic state supported living
centers [center], the department shall:
(1) transfer an alleged offender resident already
residing in a center who is classified as a high-risk alleged
offender resident in accordance with Section 555.003, to a [the]
forensic state supported living center;
(2) place high-risk alleged offender residents in
appropriate [separate] homes at a [the] forensic state supported
living center based on whether an individual is:
(A) an adult or a person younger than 18 years of
age; or
(B) male or female;
(3) place alleged offender residents who are charged
with or convicted of a felony offense or who are alleged by petition
or have been found to have engaged in delinquent conduct defined as
a felony offense, at the time the residents are initially committed
to or transferred to a center, in a [the] forensic state supported
living center until a determination under Section 555.003 has been
completed;
(4) transfer all residents who request a transfer,
other than high-risk alleged offender residents and alleged
offender residents described by Subdivision (3) and for whom a
determination has not been completed under Section 555.003, from a
[the] forensic state supported living center; and
(5) provide training regarding the service delivery
system for high-risk alleged offender residents to direct care
employees of a [the] forensic state supported living center.
(c) An alleged offender resident committed to a [the]
forensic state supported living center, for whom a determination
under Section 555.003 has been completed and who is not classified
as a high-risk alleged offender resident, may request a transfer to
another center in accordance with Subchapter B, Chapter 594.
(d) The department shall ensure that each [the] forensic
state supported living center:
(1) complies with the requirements for ICF-MR
certification under the Medicaid program, as appropriate; and
(2) has a sufficient number of [additional] center
employees, including direct care employees, to protect the safety
of center employees, residents, and the community.
SECTION 3. Section 29.452, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 29.452. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only
to an alleged offender resident of a [the] forensic state supported
living center designated [established] under Section 555.002,
Health and Safety Code, before September 1, 2011.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2012.