Bill Text: TX HB5195 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 5195

Bill Title: Relating to the services provided to certain children detained in a juvenile detention facility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB5195 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB5195-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 5195




	AN ACT
	relating to the services provided to certain children detained in a
	juvenile detention facility.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 54, Family Code, is amended by adding
	Section 54.021 to read as follows:
	Sec. 54.021. SERVICES PROVIDED TO CHILD IN DETENTION
	FACILITY PENDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. (a) A child ordered to be
	detained in a juvenile detention facility under Section 54.02(h)
	shall, to the extent practicable, be provided education,
	programming, and other services consistent with the minimum
	standards adopted by the Texas Juvenile Justice Board for juvenile
	detention facilities under Section 221.002, Human Resources Code.
	(b) The facility administrator, or the administrator's
	designee, of a juvenile detention facility shall:
	(1) not later than the 21st day after the date on which
	a child is ordered to be detained in a juvenile detention facility
	under Section 54.02(h):
	(A) complete an initial assessment of the child
	to evaluate the needs of the child; and
	(B) develop a written plan to ensure the child
	has an opportunity to make progress on identified rehabilitation
	goals pending trial; and
	(2) at least once every 90 days after the date on which
	the facility administrator or designee develops the written plan
	described by Subdivision (1), prepare a status report that
	documents:
	(A) the education, programming, and other
	services provided to the child;
	(B) behavioral compliance or incidents, if any;
	(C) any measurable progress on identified
	rehabilitation goals during the preceding 90 days of detention; and
	(D) any comments, observations, or
	recommendations related to the child's educational or
	rehabilitative needs.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 5195 was passed by the House on April
	28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 10, 2 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 5195 was passed by the Senate on May
	18, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor