Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R16152 MCF-F
2	2	By: Jones of Dallas H.B. No. 4764
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to an annual report on the use of administrative
10	10	segregation in facilities operated by or under contract with the
11	11	Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by
14	14	adding Section 493.036 to read as follows:
15	15	Sec. 493.036. REPORT ON USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SEGREGATION.
16	16	(a) In this section:
17	17	(1) "Administrative segregation" includes solitary
18	18	confinement, confinement on death row, and any other form of
19	19	restrictive housing.
20	20	(2) "Offender" means an inmate or state jail defendant
21	21	confined in a facility operated by or under contract with the
22	22	department.
23	23	(3) "Rehabilitative program" means a program,
24	24	including an activity or service, provided for the purpose of
25	25	improving the behavioral, psychological, educational, or
26	26	vocational outcome of an offender.
27	27	(b) Not later than January 31 of each year, the department
28	28	shall prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor,
29	29	and each member of the legislature a report on the use of
30	30	administrative segregation in facilities operated by or under
31	31	contract with the department.
32	32	(c) The report described by Subsection (b) must include the
33	33	following information for each facility operated by or under
34	34	contract with the department:
35	35	(1) the name, race, sex, and age of each offender
36	36	placed in administrative segregation;
37	37	(2) the offense or behavior for which each offender
38	38	was placed in administrative segregation;
39	39	(3) the number of times each offender was placed in
40	40	administrative segregation;
41	41	(4) the total time each offender placed in
42	42	administrative segregation spent in administrative segregation;
43	43	(5) other types of placements offered by each facility
44	44	that are similar to administrative segregation, including
45	45	quarantine and lockdown;
46	46	(6) the types of rehabilitative programs made
47	47	available to offenders placed in administrative segregation;
48	48	(7) staffing ratios for administrative segregation
49	49	units;
50	50	(8) the total number of administrative segregation
51	51	beds used at each facility;
52	52	(9) the mental health diagnoses of offenders placed in
53	53	administrative segregation;
54	54	(10) whether an offender placed in administrative
55	55	segregation received a new mental health diagnosis or required
56	56	mental health treatment during or shortly after the placement;
57	57	(11) whether an offender placed in administrative
58	58	segregation experienced severe mental or physical distress such
59	59	that the offender required immediate medical or psychiatric
60	60	attention;
61	61	(12) whether an offender placed in administrative
62	62	segregation attempted or committed suicide or engaged in self-harm
63	63	during or shortly after the placement;
64	64	(13) whether an offender placed in administrative
65	65	segregation appealed the offender's placement and the outcome of
66	66	each appeal;
67	67	(14) whether the length of a placement in
68	68	administrative segregation was reduced and the reason for each
69	69	reduction; and
70	70	(15) the number of offenders placed in administrative
71	71	segregation who had the length of their placement reduced because
72	72	of a successful completion of a rehabilitative program.
73	73	(d) If the department fails to timely or accurately submit a
74	74	report required by this section, the department shall prepare and
75	75	submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and each member of
76	76	the legislature a corrective action plan outlining how the
77	77	department will correct deficiencies in the timeliness or accuracy
78	78	of future reports.
79	79	SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 493.036, Government
80	80	Code, as added by this Act, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
81	81	is not required to submit the initial report required by that
82	82	section until January 31, 2027.
83	83	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.