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	Amend CSSB 909 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill 
accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, 
is amended by adding Section 501.011 to read as follows:
	Sec. 501.011.  ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY.  (a)  The department 
shall adopt a zero-tolerance policy concerning the detection, 
prevention, and punishment of the sexual abuse, including 
consensual sexual contact, of inmates in the custody of the 
department.
	(b)  The department shall establish standards for reporting 
and collecting data on the sexual abuse of inmates in the custody of 
the department.
	(c)  The department shall establish a procedure for inmates 
in the custody of the department and department employees to report 
incidents of sexual abuse involving an inmate in the custody of the 
department.  The procedure must designate a person employed at the 
department facility in which the abuse is alleged to have occurred 
as well as a person who is employed at the department's headquarters 
to whom a person may report an incident of sexual abuse.
	(d)  The department shall prominently display the following 
notice in the office of the chief administrator of each department 
facility, the employees' break room of each department facility, 
the cafeteria of each department facility, and at least six 
additional locations in each department facility:
	THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE HAS ADOPTED A ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY 
REGARDING THE SEXUAL ABUSE, INCLUDING CONSENSUAL SEXUAL CONTACT, OF 
AN INMATE IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT.  ANY SUCH VIOLATION MUST 
BE REPORTED TO __________.