Bill Text: TX SB1477 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the continuity of care and service program for offenders with mental impairments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-19 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB1477 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1477-Introduced.html
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| By: Garcia | S.B. No. 1477 | |
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| relating to the continuity of care and service program for | ||
| offenders with mental impairments. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 614.013, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) The methods established under Subsection (b): | ||
| (1) must ensure that each offender with a mental | ||
| impairment is identified and qualified for the continuity of care | ||
| and service program regardless of diagnosis; and | ||
| (2) may not restrict access to the continuity of care | ||
| and service program or services to those offenders who have been | ||
| diagnosed with specific mental disorders. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
