Bill Text: TX HB4607 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the construction of small occupancy facilities by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-02 - Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) [HB4607 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4607-Introduced.html
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| By: White | H.B. No. 4607 | |
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| relating to the construction of small occupancy facilities by the | ||
| Texas Juvenile Justice Department. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 242, Human Resources Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 242.0525 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 242.0525. SMALL OCCUPANCY FACILITIES. (a) The | ||
| department shall construct small occupancy facilities with the | ||
| purpose of gradually closing and replacing the large, remote secure | ||
| facilities operated by the department. In constructing the small | ||
| occupancy facilities, the department shall ensure that each small | ||
| occupancy facility: | ||
| (1) provides a therapeutic and rehabilitative | ||
| setting; | ||
| (2) provides housing for not more than 40 children; | ||
| and | ||
| (3) is constructed in conjunction with the | ||
| regionalization plan described by Section 203.017. | ||
| (b) Not later than July 1, 2020, the department shall | ||
| complete the construction of five small occupancy facilities. Not | ||
| later than July 1, 2021, the department shall complete the | ||
| construction of five additional small occupancy facilities. | ||
| (c) After the completion of construction of each small | ||
| occupancy facility, the department, in coordination with the office | ||
| of inspector general, shall move children who are committed to the | ||
| large, remote secure facilities operated by the department into the | ||
| small occupancy facility. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
