Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1		-	By: Perry S.B. No. 1300
2		-	(Darby)
	1	+	S.B. No. 1300
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5		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	4		AN ACT
7	5		relating to the designation of the San Angelo State Supported
8	6		Living Center as a forensic state supported living center.
9	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	8		SECTION 1. The heading to Section 555.002, Health and
11	9		Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
12	10		Sec. 555.002. FORENSIC STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTERS
13	11		[CENTER].
14	12		SECTION 2. Sections 555.002(a), (b), (c), and (d), Health
15	13		and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
16	14		(a) The department shall designate [establish a] separate
17	15		forensic state supported living centers [center] for the care
18	16		[apart from other clients and residents] of high-risk alleged
19	17		offender residents. The department shall designate the Mexia and
20	18		San Angelo State Supported Living Centers [Center] for this
21	19		purpose.
22	20		(b) In establishing the forensic state supported living
23	21		centers [center], the department shall:
24	22		(1) transfer an alleged offender resident already
25	23		residing in a center who is classified as a high-risk alleged
26	24		offender resident in accordance with Section 555.003, to a [the]
27	25		forensic state supported living center;
28	26		(2) place high-risk alleged offender residents in
29	27		appropriate [separate] homes at a [the] forensic state supported
30	28		living center based on whether an individual is:
31	29		(A) an adult or a person younger than 18 years of
32	30		age; or
33	31		(B) male or female;
34	32		(3) place alleged offender residents who are charged
35	33		with or convicted of a felony offense or who are alleged by petition
36	34		or have been found to have engaged in delinquent conduct defined as
37	35		a felony offense, at the time the residents are initially committed
38	36		to or transferred to a center, in a [the] forensic state supported
39	37		living center until a determination under Section 555.003 has been
40	38		completed;
41	39		(4) transfer all residents who request a transfer,
42	40		other than high-risk alleged offender residents and alleged
43	41		offender residents described by Subdivision (3) and for whom a
44	42		determination has not been completed under Section 555.003, from a
45	43		[the] forensic state supported living center; and
46	44		(5) provide training regarding the service delivery
47	45		system for high-risk alleged offender residents to direct care
48	46		employees of a [the] forensic state supported living center.
49	47		(c) An alleged offender resident committed to a [the]
50	48		forensic state supported living center, for whom a determination
51	49		under Section 555.003 has been completed and who is not classified
52	50		as a high-risk alleged offender resident, may request a transfer to
53	51		another center in accordance with Subchapter B, Chapter 594.
54	52		(d) The department shall ensure that each [the] forensic
55	53		state supported living center:
56	54		(1) complies with the requirements for ICF-IID
57	55		certification under the Medicaid program, as appropriate; and
58	56		(2) has a sufficient number of [additional] center
59	57		employees, including direct care employees, to protect the safety
60	58		of center employees, residents, and the community.
61	59		SECTION 3. Section 29.452, Education Code, is amended to
62	60		read as follows:
63	61		Sec. 29.452. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only
64	62		to an alleged offender resident of a [the] forensic state supported
65	63		living center designated [established] under Section 555.002,
66	64		Health and Safety Code.
67	65		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
	66	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	67	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	68	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1300 passed the Senate on
	69	+	April 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	70	+	______________________________
	71	+	Secretary of the Senate
	72	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1300 passed the House on
	73	+	May 18, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, two
	74	+	present not voting.
	75	+	______________________________
	76	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	77	+	Approved:
	78	+	______________________________
	79	+	Date
	80	+	______________________________
	81	+	Governor