Bill Text: TX HB88 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to climate control requirements at facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-09-20 - Filed [HB88 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB88-Introduced.html
| By: Canales | H.B. No. 88 | |
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| relating to climate control requirements at facilities operated by | ||
| the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 501.028 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 501.028. CLIMATE CONTROL REQUIREMENTS AT DEPARTMENT | ||
| FACILITIES. (a) In this section, "required temperature-controlled | ||
| area" means the following areas of a facility operated by the | ||
| department: | ||
| (1) hospitals; | ||
| (2) visiting areas; | ||
| (3) housing or dormitory areas; | ||
| (4) trustee areas; | ||
| (5) areas used for medical treatment or care, | ||
| including areas used for dispensing medication to inmates; | ||
| (6) kitchens or dining areas; | ||
| (7) food preparation areas; | ||
| (8) community areas, including dayrooms; | ||
| (9) laundry areas; | ||
| (10) areas used for work stations; | ||
| (11) indoor recreational areas, including gymnasiums; | ||
| (12) restroom and shower areas and other areas related | ||
| to inmate hygiene; | ||
| (13) administrative areas; | ||
| (14) correctional officer stations, including guard | ||
| post areas; | ||
| (15) commissary areas; | ||
| (16) areas used for programmatic, educational, or | ||
| vocational purposes; | ||
| (17) chapels or churches; | ||
| (18) libraries; and | ||
| (19) maintenance areas. | ||
| (b) The department shall ensure that: | ||
| (1) the temperature in each required | ||
| temperature-controlled area is maintained at not less than 65 | ||
| degrees Fahrenheit or more than 85 degrees Fahrenheit; and | ||
| (2) each climate control system in use at a facility | ||
| operated by the department includes virus-mitigation technology, | ||
| such as air purifiers, for the purpose of reducing the spread of | ||
| airborne viruses. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is not | ||
| required to comply with the requirements of Section 501.028, | ||
| Government Code, as added by this Act, until September 1, 2022. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
