79R12878 KCR-D


By:  Allen of Dallas                                              H.B. No. 1918



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the interagency exchange of information regarding 
certain offenders with special needs.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 614.017(c)(1), Health and Safety Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
		(1)  "Agency" includes any of the following entities 
and individuals, a person with an agency relationship with one of 
the following entities or individuals, and a person who contracts 
with one or more of the following entities or individuals:
			(A)  the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and 
the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee;
			(B)  the Board of Pardons and Paroles;                                       
			(C)  the [Texas] Department of State [Mental] 
Health Services [and Mental Retardation];
			(D)  the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission;                                
			(E)  the Texas Youth Commission;                                             
			(F)  the Department of Assistive and 
Rehabilitative Services [Texas Rehabilitation Commission];
			(G)  the Texas Education Agency;                                             
			(H)  the Department of Family and Protective 
Services [Criminal Justice Policy Council];
			(I)  the [Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug 
Abuse;     
			[(J)  the] Commission on Jail Standards;                    
			(J) [(K)]  the [Texas] Department of Aging and 
Disability [Human] Services;
			(K) [(L)  the Texas Department on Aging;             
			[(M)]  the Texas School for the Blind and Visually 
Impaired;
			(L) [(N)  the Texas Department of Health;            
			[(O)  the Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard 
of Hearing;
			[(P)]  community supervision and corrections 
departments; 
			(M) [(Q)]  personal bond pretrial release offices 
established under Article 17.42, Code of Criminal Procedure;
			(N) [(R)]  local jails regulated by the 
Commission on Jail Standards;
			(O) [(S)]  a municipal or county health 
department;
			(P) [(T)]  a hospital district;                      
			(Q) [(U)]  a judge of this state with jurisdiction 
over criminal cases;  and
			(R) [(V)]  an attorney who is appointed or 
retained to represent a special needs offender.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.