88R10240 JG-D
By: Hayes H.B. No. 3396
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the Health and Human Services Commission to
establish a plan to bring certain funded forensic state hospital
beds online.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "commission" means the
Health and Human Services Commission.
(b) The commission shall develop and implement a plan to
ensure that each forensic state hospital bed that is funded to
provide competency restoration services is brought online and
providing those services not later than August 31, 2024.
(c) Not later than January 1, 2024, the commission shall
submit to each standing committee of the legislature with
jurisdiction over state hospitals a report on the plan established
by the commission under Subsection (b) of this section.
SECTION 2. This Act expires December 1, 2024.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.