79R13324 MFC-F


By:  Allen of Dallas                                              H.B. No. 1635

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1635:                                   

By:  Allen of Dallas                                          C.S.H.B. No. 1635



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a residential infant care program for mothers confined 
in Texas Department of Criminal Justice facilities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 501.022 to read as follows:
	Sec. 501.022.  INFANT CARE AND PARENTING.  The department 
shall implement a residential infant care and parenting program for 
mothers who are confined by the department.  To the extent 
practicable, the department shall model the program after the 
Federal Bureau of Prisons' Mothers and Infants Together program 
operated under contract in Fort Worth.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.