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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting research on children within the juvenile |
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probation system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 141, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 141.0485 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 141.0485. RESEARCH PROHIBITED. Notwithstanding any |
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other provision of this chapter, including Section 141.048, the |
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commission may not permit medical, psychiatric, pharmaceutical, or |
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other research to be conducted on a child within the juvenile |
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probation system. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies to a child within the juvenile |
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probation system without regard to whether the child entered the |
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probation system before, on, or after the effective date of this |
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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. |