Bill Text: TX HB599 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the life expectancies of inmates and correctional officers of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-01 - Referred to Corrections [HB599 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB599-Introduced.html
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| By: Sherman, Sr. | H.B. No. 599 | |
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| relating to the life expectancies of inmates and correctional | ||
| officers of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 493.034 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 493.034. LIFE EXPECTANCY OF INMATES AND CORRECTIONAL | ||
| OFFICERS. (a) The department shall biennially review the average | ||
| life expectancies of inmates confined in facilities operated by or | ||
| under contract with the department and correctional officers | ||
| employed by the department. In conducting the review, the | ||
| department shall identify and rank, by severity, the types of | ||
| traumas or conditions experienced by: | ||
| (1) inmates while confined that negatively affect the | ||
| life expectancies of inmates; and | ||
| (2) correctional officers while working that | ||
| negatively affect the life expectancies of correctional officers. | ||
| (b) The department shall adopt policies and implement | ||
| methods or programs designed to: | ||
| (1) minimize the traumas or conditions identified | ||
| under Subsection (a); and | ||
| (2) help inmates and correctional officers cope with | ||
| the traumas or conditions. | ||
| (c) Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year, | ||
| the department shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant | ||
| governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and each | ||
| standing legislative committee with primary jurisdiction over the | ||
| department a report that: | ||
| (1) contains the results of the review conducted under | ||
| Subsection (a); and | ||
| (2) describes the policies, methods, or programs | ||
| adopted or implemented under Subsection (b) and the effect of those | ||
| policies, methods, or programs on the life expectancies of inmates | ||
| and correctional officers. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
