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1	1	82R23579 AJZ-F
2	2	By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 61
3	3	(Walle)
4	4	Substitute the following for S.B. No. 61: No.
5	5
6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to juvenile case managers.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. The heading to Article 45.056, Code of Criminal
12	12	Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
13	13	Art. 45.056. [AUTHORITY TO EMPLOY] JUVENILE CASE MANAGERS[;
14	14	REIMBURSEMENT].
15	15	SECTION 2. Article 45.056, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
16	16	amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (f), (g),
17	17	and (h) to read as follows:
18	18	(d) Pursuant to Article 102.0174, the court or governing
19	19	body may pay the salary and benefits of a juvenile case manager and
20	20	the costs of training, travel, office supplies, and other necessary
21	21	expenses relating to the position of the juvenile case manager from
22	22	the juvenile case manager fund.
23	23	(f) The governing body of the employing governmental entity
24	24	under Subsection (a) shall adopt reasonable rules for juvenile case
25	25	managers that provide:
26	26	(1) a code of ethics, and for the enforcement of the
27	27	code of ethics;
28	28	(2) appropriate educational preservice and in-service
29	29	training standards for juvenile case managers; and
30	30	(3) training in:
31	31	(A) the role of the juvenile case manager;
32	32	(B) case planning and management;
33	33	(C) applicable procedural and substantive law;
34	34	(D) courtroom proceedings and presentation;
35	35	(E) services to at-risk youth under Subchapter D,
36	36	Chapter 264, Family Code;
37	37	(F) local programs and services for juveniles and
38	38	methods by which juveniles may access those programs and services;
39	39	and
40	40	(G) detecting and preventing abuse,
41	41	exploitation, and neglect of juveniles.
42	42	(g) The employing court or governmental entity under this
43	43	article shall implement the rules adopted under Subsection (f).
44	44	(h) The commissioners court or governing body of the
45	45	municipality that administers a juvenile case manager fund under
46	46	Article 102.0174 shall require periodic review of juvenile case
47	47	managers to ensure the implementation of the rules adopted under
48	48	Subsection (f).
49	49	SECTION 3. Article 102.0174(g), Code of Criminal Procedure,
50	50	is amended to read as follows:
51	51	(g) A fund created under this section may be used only to
52	52	finance the salary, [and] benefits, training, travel expenses,
53	53	office supplies, and other necessary expenses relating to the
54	54	position of a juvenile case manager employed under Article 45.056.
55	55	The fund may not be used to supplement the income of an employee
56	56	whose primary role is not that of a juvenile case manager.
57	57	SECTION 4. Not later than December 1, 2011, the governing
58	58	body of a governmental entity that employs a juvenile case manager
59	59	under Article 45.056, Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended by
60	60	this Act, shall adopt the rules required by that article.
61	61	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
62	62	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
63	63	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
64	64	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
65	65	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.