Bill Text: TX HB3597 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the allocation of money by the Texas opioid abatement fund council.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Corrections [HB3597 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3597-Introduced.html
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By: Sherman, Sr. | H.B. No. 3597 |
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relating to the allocation of money by the Texas opioid abatement | ||
fund council. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 403.509, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) A portion of the money allocated by the council under | ||
Subsection (a)(1)(B) shall be allocated to the Texas Department of | ||
Criminal Justice for the purpose of providing programming and | ||
treatment to prisoners with a history of opioid addiction. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an allocation of money made on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |