88R2818 CJD-D
By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 778
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reimbursement by the Texas Juvenile Justice
Department of the costs incurred by counties for housing certain
children.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 223.001, Human Resources Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
(d-1) The department shall reimburse a county that does not
have a juvenile detention facility for the cost per day of housing
children who have been committed to the department but have not yet
been admitted or transferred to the department. The department by
rule shall establish application and eligibility requirements for a
county to receive reimbursement under this subsection.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.