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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to medical facilities for inmates released on medically |
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recommended intensive supervision. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 508.146, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read |
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as follows: |
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(d) The Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical |
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or Mental Impairments and the Texas Department of Assistive and |
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Rehabilitative [Human] Services shall jointly request proposals |
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from public or private vendors to provide under contract services |
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for inmates released on medically recommended intensive |
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supervision. A request for proposals under this subsection may |
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require that the services be provided in a medical care facility |
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located in an urban area. [For the purposes of this subsection,
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"urban area" means the area in this state within a metropolitan
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statistical area, according to the standards of the United States
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Bureau of the Census.] |
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(g) The Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical |
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or Mental Impairments and the Texas Department of Assistive and |
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Rehabilitative Services may jointly: |
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(1) with a real estate investment trust, enter into a |
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lease agreement 20 or fewer years in length to finance, design, and |
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build in a county contiguous to an urban area a medical facility to |
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house inmates released on medically recommended intensive |
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supervision under this section; and |
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(2) contract with a private vendor to provide |
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treatment services at a facility described by Subdivision (1). |
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(h) In this section, "urban area" means the area in this |
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state within a metropolitan statistical area, according to the |
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standards of the United States Bureau of the Census. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |