84R6018 MAW-D
By: Israel H.B. No. 1141
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reports regarding the use of restraints on pregnant
prisoners in county jails.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 511, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 511.0103 to read as follows:
Sec. 511.0103. REPORT REGARDING RESTRAINT OF PREGNANT
PRISONER. (a) Not later than February 1 of each year, each county
jail shall submit to the commission a report regarding the jail's
use, during the preceding calendar year, of any type of restraints
to control or restrict the movement of a prisoner, including a limb
or other part of the prisoner, who:
(1) is pregnant; or
(2) gave birth three or fewer days before the use of
the restraints.
(b) The report must include the circumstances of each use of
restraints, including:
(1) the specific type of restraints used;
(2) what activity the prisoner was engaged in
immediately before being restrained;
(3) whether the prisoner was restrained during or
after delivery; and
(4) the reasons supporting the determination to use
the restraints, a description of the process by which the
determination was made, and the name and title of the person or
persons making the determination.
(c) The commission shall prescribe a form for the report
required for this section.
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2015, the Commission
on Jail Standards shall adopt rules to implement Section 511.0103,
Government Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.