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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting medical, psychiatric, and other research on |
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children committed to the Texas Youth Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.076, Human Resources Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) As a means of correcting the socially harmful tendencies |
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of a child committed to it, the commission may, subject to |
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Subsection (c): |
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(1) require the child to participate in moral, |
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academic, vocational, physical, and correctional training and |
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activities; |
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(2) require the modes of life and conduct that seem |
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best adapted to fit the child for return to full liberty without |
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danger to the public; |
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(3) provide any medical or psychiatric treatment that |
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is necessary; and |
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(4) place physically fit children in |
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parks-maintenance camps, forestry camps, or ranches owned by the |
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state or the United States and require the performance of suitable |
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conservation and maintenance work. |
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(c) The commission may not allow a child committed to it to |
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participate in a medical, psychiatric, or other type of research |
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program. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies to a child committed to the |
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Texas Youth Commission without regard to whether the child was |
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committed before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |