Bill Text: TX HB1908 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the continuity of care for offenders with mental impairments.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1908 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1908-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the continuity of care for offenders with mental impairments.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1908 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1908-Introduced.html
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| By: Naishtat | H.B. No. 1908 | |
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| relating to the continuity of care and service program for | ||
| offenders with mental impairments. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 614.013, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) The methods established under Subsection (b): | ||
| (1) must ensure that each offender with a mental | ||
| impairment is identified and qualified for the continuity of care | ||
| and service program regardless of diagnosis; and | ||
| (2) may not restrict access to the continuity of care | ||
| and service program or services to those offenders who have been | ||
| diagnosed with specific mental disorders. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
