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House Bill 3391 |
House Author: Geren |
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Effective: 9-1-17 |
Senate Sponsor: Birdwell |
House Bill 3391 amends the Government Code and Code of Criminal Procedure to authorize a county commissioners court to create a public safety employees treatment court program as a specialty court for peace officers, firefighters, detention officers, county jailers, or emergency medical services employees of the state or a political subdivision of the state arrested for or charged with any misdemeanor or felony offense, to provide for the establishment of a regional program by the commissioners courts of two or more counties, and to impose applicable fees for program participation and testing, counseling, and treatment.