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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 86(R)

House Bill 3227

House Author:  Howard et al.

Effective:  9-1-19

Senate Sponsor:  Huffman


            House Bill 3227 amends the Government Code to require the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to adopt a policy to increase the availability of formal and informal peer support services to a person confined in a TDCJ facility and to develop and implement policies that increase and promote a female inmate's access to programs offered to inmates in TDCJ custody.