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1		-	H.B. No. 3116
	1	+	By: White (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 3116
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2019;
	3	+	April 29, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Criminal Justice; May 15, 2019, reported favorably by the
	5	+	following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 15, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to the establishment of a task force to conduct a
6	12		comprehensive study on best practice standards for the detention of
7	13		persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
8	14		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	15		SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "task force" means the task
10	16		force on best practice standards for the detention of persons with
11	17		intellectual and developmental disabilities established under this
12	18		section.
13	19		(b) The task force is established to conduct a comprehensive
14	20		study on best practice standards for the detention of a person with
15	21		an intellectual or developmental disability. The study must
16	22		identify and make recommendations regarding the following with
17	23		respect to the detention of persons with intellectual and
18	24		developmental disabilities:
19	25		(1) current policies and procedures;
20	26		(2) barriers to accommodations and justice;
21	27		(3) best practices used in other states;
22	28		(4) policies that would improve jail standards; and
23	29		(5) any other issue the task force considers
24	30		appropriate.
25	31		(c) The Commission on Jail Standards shall appoint the
26	32		members of the task force. The task force must include at least:
27	33		(1) one representative of the Commission on Jail
28	34		Standards;
29	35		(2) one representative of a statewide organization
30	36		that advocates for individuals with intellectual and developmental
31	37		disabilities;
32	38		(3) one representative of a city or county
33	39		governmental agency that supports persons with intellectual and
34	40		developmental disabilities;
35	41		(4) one representative of a city or county
36	42		governmental agency that provides mental health services;
37	43		(5) one representative of a statewide organization
38	44		that represents municipalities;
39	45		(6) one representative of a statewide organization
40	46		that represents corrections professionals;
41	47		(7) one representative of a law enforcement entity;
42	48		and
43	49		(8) one representative of a county jail.
44	50		(d) The member appointed under Subsection (c)(1) of this
45	51		section serves as the presiding officer of the task force.
46	52		(e) The task force shall prepare a written report that
47	53		includes:
48	54		(1) a description of the activities of the task force;
49	55		(2) the findings and recommendations of the task
50	56		force;
51	57		(3) a plan for how the best practice standards
52	58		identified by the task force can be implemented statewide;
53	59		(4) any proposals for legislation; and
54	60		(5) any other matter the task force considers
55	61		appropriate.
56	62		(f) Not later than December 1, 2020, the task force shall
57	63		submit the report prepared under this section to:
58	64		(1) the governor;
59	65		(2) the lieutenant governor;
60	66		(3) the speaker of the house of representatives; and
61	67		(4) the presiding officers of the standing committees
62	68		of the senate and house of representatives having primary
63	69		jurisdiction over issues relating to criminal justice.
64	70		(g) The Commission on Jail Standards shall make the report
65	71		available to the public on the commission's Internet website.
66	72		(h) The task force is abolished and this Act expires
67	73		September 1, 2021.
68	74		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
69		-	______________________________ ______________________________
70		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
71		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3116 was passed by the House on April
72		-	18, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
73		-	voting.
74		-	______________________________
75		-	Chief Clerk of the House
76		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3116 was passed by the Senate on May
77		-	21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
78		-	______________________________
79		-	Secretary of the Senate
80		-	APPROVED: _____________________
81		-	Date
82		-	_____________________
83		-	Governor
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