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1		-	H.B. No. 3648
	1	+	By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 3648
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
	3	+	May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
	4	+	Justice; May 15, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
	5	+	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0;
	6	+	May 15, 2019, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3648 By: Whitmire
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	11	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	12		AN ACT
5	13		relating to the powers and duties of the office of independent
6	14		ombudsman for the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
7	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	16		SECTION 1. Section 261.001, Human Resources Code, is
9	17		amended by amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (1-a) to
10	18		read as follows:
11	19		(1) "Child" means an individual who is:
12	20		(A) 10 years of age or older and younger than 19
13	21		years of age; and
14	22		(B) committed to or placed in a facility
15	23		described by Section 261.101(f) by an order issued by a juvenile
16	24		court.
17	25		(1-a) "Independent ombudsman" means the individual
18	26		who has been appointed under this chapter to the office of
19	27		independent ombudsman.
20	28		SECTION 2. Section 261.101, Human Resources Code, is
21	29		amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
22	30		(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
23	31		the powers of the office include:
24	32		(1) the inspection of:
25	33		(A) a facility operated by the department under
26	34		Subtitle C;
27	35		(B) a post-adjudication secure correctional
28	36		facility under Section 51.125, Family Code;
29	37		(C) a nonsecure correctional facility under
30	38		Section 51.126, Family Code; and
31	39		(D) any other residential facility in which a
32	40		child adjudicated as having engaged in conduct indicating a need
33	41		for supervision or delinquent conduct is placed by court order; and
34	42		(2) the investigation of complaints alleging a
35	43		violation of the rights of the children committed to or placed in a
36	44		facility described by this subsection.
37	45		SECTION 3. The following provisions of the Human Resources
38	46		Code are repealed:
39	47		(1) Section 261.101(e), as added by Section 11(b),
40	48		Chapter 854 (S.B. 1149), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular
41	49		Session, 2015; and
42	50		(2) Section 261.101(e), as amended by Chapter 962
43	51		(S.B. 1630), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015.
44	52		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
45		-	______________________________ ______________________________
46		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
47		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3648 was passed by the House on May 3,
48		-	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
49		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
50		-	No. 3648 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 2,
51		-	1 present, not voting.
52		-	______________________________
53		-	Chief Clerk of the House
54		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3648 was passed by the Senate, with
55		-	amendments, on May 20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
56		-	0.
57		-	______________________________
58		-	Secretary of the Senate
59		-	APPROVED: __________________
60		-	Date
61		-	__________________
62		-	Governor
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