89R2377 EAS-D
By: Miles S.B. No. 1775
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to processes to ensure continuity of care and services for
certain offenders.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 614, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Section 614.0175 to read as follows:
Sec. 614.0175. CONTINUITY OF CARE AND SERVICES FOR CERTAIN
OFFENDERS. (a) In this section:
(1) "Local behavioral health authority" means an
authority designated by the Health and Human Services Commission
under Section 533.0356.
(2) "Local mental health authority" has the meaning
assigned by Section 531.002.
(b) A local mental health authority or local behavioral
health authority that receives notice that an individual to whom
the authority provided services has been processed by a local jail
may not refuse to provide services or discontinue services to the
individual on that basis alone.
(c) The Commission on Jail Standards shall require each
local jail regulated by the commission to notify a local mental
health authority or local behavioral health authority described by
Subsection (b) before the jail releases an individual to whom the
authority provided services to ensure the individual receives
continuity of care and services.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.