By: Madla S.B. No. 1095 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to judicial training on chemical dependency. 1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-3 SECTION 1. Amend Title 2, Government Code, by adding Section 1-4 22.013 to read as follows: 1-5 Sec. 22.013. TRAINING RELATED TO CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY. 1-6 (a) The supreme court shall provide judicial training related to 1-7 chemical dependency issues. 1-8 (b) The supreme court shall adopt rules to provide for the 1-9 training required by Subsection (a). In adopting the rules, the 1-10 court shall consult with the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug 1-11 Abuse to obtain the commission's recommendations for instruction 1-12 content. 1-13 (c) The instruction must include information about: 1-14 (1) training on the process for referring court 1-15 commitment patients; 1-16 (2) training on single diagnosis (for persons with a 1-17 diagnosis of chemical dependency) versus dual diagnosis (for 1-18 persons with a diagnosis of mental illness and chemical dependency) 1-19 referral and the role of the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug 1-20 Abuse and the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental 1-21 Retardation in these cases; 1-22 (3) training on mandatory drug offender education 1-23 courses for persons convicted of drug offenses; 2-1 (4) training on the availability of mandatory DWI 2-2 education courses for first time offenders; 2-3 (5) training on the availability of DWI education 2-4 courses for repeat offenders; 2-5 (6) training on sentencing options into Substance 2-6 Abuse Felony Punishment Facilities; and 2-7 (7) general training on the availability of substance 2-8 abuse services throughout the state for adults and youth. 2-9 SECTION 2. Each judge who is in office on December 31, 1993, 2-10 and is not exempt must complete the judicial training required by 2-11 Section 22.011, Government Code, as amended by this Act, 2-12 notwithstanding the requirement of that section that it be 2-13 completed within the first term of office. The training must be 2-14 completed before August 31, 1996. 2-15 (b) A judge who takes office on or after January 1, 1994, 2-16 and who is not exempt from or has not otherwise satisfied the 2-17 requirements of Section 22.011(b), Government Code, as amended by 2-18 this Act, must complete the judicial training required by that 2-19 section within the judge's first term of office that begins on or 2-20 after that date. 2-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-25 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.