Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3420 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R11128 SMT-D
2	2	By: Darby H.B. No. 3420
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the designation of the San Angelo State Supported
8	8	Living Center as a forensic state supported living center.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. The heading to Section 555.002, Health and
11	11	Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 555.002. FORENSIC STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTERS
13	13	[CENTER].
14	14	SECTION 2. Sections 555.002(a), (b), (c), and (d), Health
15	15	and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
16	16	(a) The department shall designate [establish a] separate
17	17	forensic state supported living centers [center] for the care
18	18	[apart from other clients and residents] of high-risk alleged
19	19	offender residents. The department shall designate the Mexia and
20	20	San Angelo State Supported Living Centers [Center] for this
21	21	purpose.
22	22	(b) In establishing the forensic state supported living
23	23	centers [center], the department shall:
24	24	(1) transfer an alleged offender resident already
25	25	residing in a center who is classified as a high-risk alleged
26	26	offender resident in accordance with Section 555.003, to a [the]
27	27	forensic state supported living center;
28	28	(2) place high-risk alleged offender residents in
29	29	appropriate [separate] homes at a [the] forensic state supported
30	30	living center based on whether an individual is:
31	31	(A) an adult or a person younger than 18 years of
32	32	age; or
33	33	(B) male or female;
34	34	(3) place alleged offender residents who are charged
35	35	with or convicted of a felony offense or who are alleged by petition
36	36	or have been found to have engaged in delinquent conduct defined as
37	37	a felony offense, at the time the residents are initially committed
38	38	to or transferred to a center, in a [the] forensic state supported
39	39	living center until a determination under Section 555.003 has been
40	40	completed;
41	41	(4) transfer all residents who request a transfer,
42	42	other than high-risk alleged offender residents and alleged
43	43	offender residents described by Subdivision (3) and for whom a
44	44	determination has not been completed under Section 555.003, from a
45	45	[the] forensic state supported living center; and
46	46	(5) provide training regarding the service delivery
47	47	system for high-risk alleged offender residents to direct care
48	48	employees of a [the] forensic state supported living center.
49	49	(c) An alleged offender resident committed to a [the]
50	50	forensic state supported living center, for whom a determination
51	51	under Section 555.003 has been completed and who is not classified
52	52	as a high-risk alleged offender resident, may request a transfer to
53	53	another center in accordance with Subchapter B, Chapter 594.
54	54	(d) The department shall ensure that each [the] forensic
55	55	state supported living center:
56	56	(1) complies with the requirements for ICF-IID
57	57	certification under the Medicaid program, as appropriate; and
58	58	(2) has a sufficient number of [additional] center
59	59	employees, including direct care employees, to protect the safety
60	60	of center employees, residents, and the community.
61	61	SECTION 3. Section 29.452, Education Code, is amended to
62	62	read as follows:
63	63	Sec. 29.452. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only
64	64	to an alleged offender resident of a [the] forensic state supported
65	65	living center designated [established] under Section 555.002,
66	66	Health and Safety Code.
67	67	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.