| 1 | | - | By: Farias, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Menéndez) H.B. No. 3729 |
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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 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | | - | Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 3729 |
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| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 5 | | relating to inclusion of family members of veterans court program |
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| 12 | 6 | | participants in the treatment and services provided to the |
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| 13 | 7 | | participants under the program. |
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| 14 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 124.001(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 16 | 10 | | to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 11 | | (a) In this chapter, "veterans court program" means a |
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| 18 | 12 | | program that has the following essential characteristics: |
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| 19 | 13 | | (1) the integration of services in the processing of |
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| 20 | 14 | | cases in the judicial system; |
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| 21 | 15 | | (2) the use of a nonadversarial approach involving |
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| 22 | 16 | | prosecutors and defense attorneys to promote public safety and to |
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| 23 | 17 | | protect the due process rights of program participants; |
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| 24 | 18 | | (3) early identification and prompt placement of |
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| 25 | 19 | | eligible participants in the program; |
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| 26 | 20 | | (4) access to a continuum of alcohol, controlled |
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| 27 | 21 | | substance, mental health, and other related treatment and |
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| 28 | 22 | | rehabilitative services; |
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| 29 | 23 | | (5) careful monitoring of treatment and services |
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| 30 | 24 | | provided to program participants; |
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| 31 | 25 | | (6) a coordinated strategy to govern program responses |
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| 32 | 26 | | to participants' compliance; |
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| 33 | 27 | | (7) ongoing judicial interaction with program |
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| 34 | 28 | | participants; |
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| 35 | 29 | | (8) monitoring and evaluation of program goals and |
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| 36 | 30 | | effectiveness; |
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| 37 | 31 | | (9) continuing interdisciplinary education to promote |
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| 38 | 32 | | effective program planning, implementation, and operations; [and] |
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| 39 | 33 | | (10) development of partnerships with public agencies |
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| 40 | 34 | | and community organizations, including the United States |
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| 41 | 35 | | Department of Veterans Affairs; and |
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| 42 | 36 | | (11) inclusion of a participant's family members who |
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| 43 | 37 | | agree to be involved in the treatment and services provided to the |
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| 44 | 38 | | participant under the program. |
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| 45 | 39 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 46 | 40 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 47 | 41 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 48 | 42 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 49 | 43 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 50 | | - | * * * * * |
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| 44 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 45 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 46 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 3729 was passed by the House on April |
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| 47 | + | 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 2, 1 present, not |
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| 48 | + | voting. |
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| 49 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 50 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 51 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 3729 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 52 | + | 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 53 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 55 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 56 | + | Date |
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| 57 | + | _____________________ |
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| 58 | + | Governor |
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