| 1 | | - | By: Parker (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 2189 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015; |
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| 3 | | - | May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal |
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| 4 | | - | Justice; May 13, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | | - | Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 13, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 2189 |
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| 19 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 20 | 5 | | relating to a developmentally disabled offender program |
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| 21 | 6 | | established by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
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| 22 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 23 | 8 | | SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Radford Crocker |
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| 24 | 9 | | Memorial Act. |
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| 25 | 10 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Government Code, is |
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| 26 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 501.068 to read as follows: |
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| 27 | 12 | | Sec. 501.068. DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED OFFENDER PROGRAM. |
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| 28 | 13 | | (a) In this section, "offender" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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| 29 | 14 | | 501.091. |
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| 30 | 15 | | (b) The department shall establish and maintain a program for |
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| 31 | 16 | | offenders: |
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| 32 | 17 | | (1) who are suspected of or identified as having an |
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| 33 | 18 | | intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning; |
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| 34 | 19 | | and |
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| 35 | 20 | | (2) whose adaptive functioning is significantly |
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| 36 | 21 | | impaired. |
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| 37 | 22 | | (c) The program must provide an offender described by |
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| 38 | 23 | | Subsection (b) with: |
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| 39 | 24 | | (1) a safe environment while confined; and |
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| 40 | 25 | | (2) specialized programs, treatments, and activities |
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| 41 | 26 | | designed by the department to assist the offender in effectively |
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| 42 | 27 | | managing, treating, or accommodating the offender's intellectual |
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| 43 | 28 | | disability or borderline intellectual functioning. |
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| 44 | 29 | | (d) The department may accept gifts, awards, or grants for |
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| 45 | 30 | | the purpose of providing the services described by Subsection (b). |
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| 46 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 32 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 33 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 34 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 2189 was passed by the House on April |
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| 35 | + | 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 36 | + | voting. |
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| 37 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 38 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 39 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 2189 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 40 | + | 20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 41 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 43 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 44 | + | Date |
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| 45 | + | _____________________ |
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| 46 | + | Governor |
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