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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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. |