Bill Text: TX SB778 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the reimbursement by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department of the costs incurred by counties for housing certain children.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-12 - Left pending in committee [SB778 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB778-Introduced.html
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| By: Kolkhorst | S.B. No. 778 | |
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| relating to the reimbursement by the Texas Juvenile Justice | ||
| Department of the costs incurred by counties for housing certain | ||
| children. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 223.001, Human Resources Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (d-1) The department shall reimburse a county that does not | ||
| have a juvenile detention facility for the cost per day of housing | ||
| children who have been committed to the department but have not yet | ||
| been admitted or transferred to the department. The department by | ||
| rule shall establish application and eligibility requirements for a | ||
| county to receive reimbursement under this subsection. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
