Bill Text: TX HB3729 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to inclusion of family members of veterans court program participants in the treatment and services provided to the participants under the program.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective immediately [HB3729 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3729-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3729 |
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relating to inclusion of family members of veterans court program | ||
participants in the treatment and services provided to the | ||
participants under the program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 124.001(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) In this chapter, "veterans court program" means a | ||
program that has the following essential characteristics: | ||
(1) the integration of services in the processing of | ||
cases in the judicial system; | ||
(2) the use of a nonadversarial approach involving | ||
prosecutors and defense attorneys to promote public safety and to | ||
protect the due process rights of program participants; | ||
(3) early identification and prompt placement of | ||
eligible participants in the program; | ||
(4) access to a continuum of alcohol, controlled | ||
substance, mental health, and other related treatment and | ||
rehabilitative services; | ||
(5) careful monitoring of treatment and services | ||
provided to program participants; | ||
(6) a coordinated strategy to govern program responses | ||
to participants' compliance; | ||
(7) ongoing judicial interaction with program | ||
participants; | ||
(8) monitoring and evaluation of program goals and | ||
effectiveness; | ||
(9) continuing interdisciplinary education to promote | ||
effective program planning, implementation, and operations; [ |
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(10) development of partnerships with public agencies | ||
and community organizations, including the United States | ||
Department of Veterans Affairs; and | ||
(11) inclusion of a participant's family members who | ||
agree to be involved in the treatment and services provided to the | ||
participant under the program. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3729 was passed by the House on April | ||
30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 2, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3729 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |