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House Bill 1083 |
House Author: Márquez et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-15 |
Senate Sponsor: Whitmire et al. |
House Bill 1083 amends the Government Code to require an appropriate medical or mental health care professional to perform a mental health assessment of an inmate before the Texas Department of Criminal Justice may confine the inmate in administrative segregation and to prohibit that type of confinement if the assessment indicates that type of confinement is not appropriate for the inmate's medical or mental health.