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AN ACT
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relating to a residential infant care program for mothers confined |
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in Texas Department of Criminal Justice facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 501.022 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 501.022. INFANT CARE AND PARENTING. The department |
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shall implement a residential infant care and parenting program for |
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mothers who are confined by the department. To the extent |
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practicable, the department shall model the program after the |
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Federal Bureau of Prisons' Mothers and Infants Together program |
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operated under contract in Fort Worth. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 199 was passed by the House on May 9, |
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2007, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 3, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 199 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |