88R3181 MCF-D
By: Meza H.B. No. 484
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to suicide prevention in municipal jails.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 361, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 361.902 to read as follows:
Sec. 361.902. SUICIDE PREVENTION IN MUNICIPAL JAIL. (a) A
municipal jail shall:
(1) provide two hours of training to each jailer or
person responsible for the supervision of a person confined in the
jail on the procedures for identifying, documenting, and handling a
person who is potentially suicidal or has a mental health
condition;
(2) conduct and document mental health screenings
during the intake process;
(3) house in a cell with cameras any person who is
identified as potentially suicidal;
(4) regularly check on each person described by
Subdivision (3); and
(5) report to the attorney general, in the manner
prescribed by the attorney general, any incident involving the
suicide or attempted suicide of a person confined in the jail not
later than 48 hours after the incident.
(b) The attorney general may use the information reported
under Subsection (a)(5) only for purposes of data collection and
analysis.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.