H.B. No. 2189
AN ACT
relating to a developmentally disabled offender program
established by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Radford Crocker
Memorial Act.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 501.068 to read as follows:
Sec. 501.068. DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED OFFENDER PROGRAM.
(a) In this section, "offender" has the meaning assigned by Section
501.091.
(b) The department shall establish and maintain a program for
offenders:
(1) who are suspected of or identified as having an
intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning;
and
(2) whose adaptive functioning is significantly
impaired.
(c) The program must provide an offender described by
Subsection (b) with:
(1) a safe environment while confined; and
(2) specialized programs, treatments, and activities
designed by the department to assist the offender in effectively
managing, treating, or accommodating the offender's intellectual
disability or borderline intellectual functioning.
(d) The department may accept gifts, awards, or grants for
the purpose of providing the services described by Subsection (b).
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2189 was passed by the House on April
30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2189 was passed by the Senate on May
20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor