Bill Text: TX HB2189 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a developmentally disabled offender program established by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2189 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2189-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2189 | ||
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| relating to a developmentally disabled offender program | ||
| established by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Radford Crocker | ||
| Memorial Act. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 501.068 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 501.068. DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED OFFENDER PROGRAM. | ||
| (a) In this section, "offender" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 501.091. | ||
| (b) The department shall establish and maintain a program for | ||
| offenders: | ||
| (1) who are suspected of or identified as having an | ||
| intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) whose adaptive functioning is significantly | ||
| impaired. | ||
| (c) The program must provide an offender described by | ||
| Subsection (b) with: | ||
| (1) a safe environment while confined; and | ||
| (2) specialized programs, treatments, and activities | ||
| designed by the department to assist the offender in effectively | ||
| managing, treating, or accommodating the offender's intellectual | ||
| disability or borderline intellectual functioning. | ||
| (d) The department may accept gifts, awards, or grants for | ||
| the purpose of providing the services described by Subsection (b). | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2189 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2189 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
