Bill Text: TX HB2701 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to county jailer training and continuing education requirements regarding interacting with pregnant women confined in jail.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB2701 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2701-Engrossed.html
| 86R21774 MAW-D | ||
| By: White, Ramos | H.B. No. 2701 | |
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| relating to county jailer training and continuing education | ||
| requirements regarding interacting with pregnant women confined in | ||
| jail. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1701.269 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1701.269. TRAINING PROGRAM RELATING TO COUNTY JAILER | ||
| INTERACTIONS WITH PREGNANT WOMEN. The commission shall develop a | ||
| training program for county jailers that consists of education and | ||
| training concerning interacting with a pregnant woman confined in a | ||
| county jail. The program must be based on obstetrical and | ||
| gynecological best practices and include general information on: | ||
| (1) pregnancy, labor, delivery, and recovery; | ||
| (2) identifying when a woman is in labor; | ||
| (3) appropriate prenatal and postnatal care and first | ||
| aid techniques specific to pregnant women; and | ||
| (4) factors that increase the risk of a miscarriage. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 1701.310(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a person may not | ||
| be appointed as a county jailer, except on a temporary basis, unless | ||
| the person has satisfactorily completed a preparatory training | ||
| program, as required by the commission, in the operation of a county | ||
| jail at a school operated or licensed by the commission. The | ||
| training program must: | ||
| (1) consist of at least eight hours of mental health | ||
| training approved by the commission and the Commission on Jail | ||
| Standards; and | ||
| (2) include the training program developed under | ||
| Section 1701.269. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 1701.352, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) The commission shall require a county that appoints or | ||
| employs a county jailer to provide each jailer with the training | ||
| program developed under Section 1701.269 at least once every 48 | ||
| months. The training must be provided by a medical professional. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 1701.310(a), Occupations Code, as | ||
| amended by this Act, applies only to a person appointed as a county | ||
| jailer on or after January 1, 2020. A person appointed as a county | ||
| jailer before January 1, 2020, is governed by the law in effect | ||
| immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former | ||
| law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 5. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall: | ||
| (1) develop the training program required by Section | ||
| 1701.269, Occupations Code, as added by this Act; and | ||
| (2) adopt rules necessary to implement Section | ||
| 1701.352(b-1), Occupations Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
