| 1 | 1 | | 87R9727 MCF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: White H.B. No. 2443 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to persons with intellectual or developmental |
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| 8 | 8 | | disabilities confined in county jail. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 511, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Section 511.023 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 511.023. INTAKE OF PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL OR |
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| 13 | 13 | | DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. (a) The commission shall: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) monitor the intake processes in county jails to |
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| 15 | 15 | | assess each county jail's ability to properly identify persons with |
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| 16 | 16 | | intellectual or developmental disabilities; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) assist county jails in improving the intake |
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| 18 | 18 | | processes with respect to persons with intellectual or |
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| 19 | 19 | | developmental disabilities. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) Not later than December 1, 2022, the commission shall |
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| 21 | 21 | | prepare and submit a report to the governor, the lieutenant |
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| 22 | 22 | | governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, each |
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| 23 | 23 | | standing committee of the legislature with primary jurisdiction |
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| 24 | 24 | | over the commission, and each sheriff that includes: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) a discussion of any deficiencies in the intake |
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| 26 | 26 | | processes that have been identified by the commission; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) recommendations to improve county jail practices |
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| 28 | 28 | | regarding identifying persons with intellectual or developmental |
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| 29 | 29 | | disabilities. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (c) This subsection and Subsection (b) expire January 1, |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2023. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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