Bill Text: TX HB3648 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the office of independent ombudsman for the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Vetoed) 2019-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB3648 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3648-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3648 | ||
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| relating to the powers and duties of the office of independent | ||
| ombudsman for the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 261.001, Human Resources Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (1-a) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (1) "Child" means an individual who is: | ||
| (A) 10 years of age or older and younger than 19 | ||
| years of age; and | ||
| (B) committed to or placed in a facility | ||
| described by Section 261.101(f) by an order issued by a juvenile | ||
| court. | ||
| (1-a) "Independent ombudsman" means the individual | ||
| who has been appointed under this chapter to the office of | ||
| independent ombudsman. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 261.101, Human Resources Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, | ||
| the powers of the office include: | ||
| (1) the inspection of: | ||
| (A) a facility operated by the department under | ||
| Subtitle C; | ||
| (B) a post-adjudication secure correctional | ||
| facility under Section 51.125, Family Code; | ||
| (C) a nonsecure correctional facility under | ||
| Section 51.126, Family Code; and | ||
| (D) any other residential facility in which a | ||
| child adjudicated as having engaged in conduct indicating a need | ||
| for supervision or delinquent conduct is placed by court order; and | ||
| (2) the investigation of complaints alleging a | ||
| violation of the rights of the children committed to or placed in a | ||
| facility described by this subsection. | ||
| SECTION 3. The following provisions of the Human Resources | ||
| Code are repealed: | ||
| (1) Section 261.101(e), as added by Section 11(b), | ||
| Chapter 854 (S.B. 1149), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2015; and | ||
| (2) Section 261.101(e), as amended by Chapter 962 | ||
| (S.B. 1630), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3648 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
| 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 3648 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 2, | ||
| 1 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3648 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
