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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the placement of certain releasees of the Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice in treatment centers, residential |
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facilities, or halfway houses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 508, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 508.120 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 508.120. CONTINUUM OF CARE PLACEMENT. (a) If a |
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releasee is required to participate in a continuum of care program |
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after participating in a treatment program under Section 493.009, |
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Section 501.093, or Section 501.0931, and the absence of a suitable |
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continuum of care placement in a transitional treatment center, |
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community residential facility, or halfway house requires a parole |
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panel to place the releasee in a transitional treatment center, |
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community residential facility, or halfway house in a county other |
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than the county in which the releasee would otherwise be required to |
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reside under Section 508.181(a), the county in which the releasee |
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would otherwise be required to reside is, subject to Subsection |
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(b), liable to the department for the cost of the releasee's |
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placement. |
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(b) A county is liable to the department under Subsection |
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(a) for the cost of a releasee's placement only if in the 24-month |
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period preceding the placement: |
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(1) the department has proposed operating or |
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contracting for the operation of a transitional treatment center, |
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community residential facility, or halfway house in the county for |
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the placement of releasees described by Subsection (a); and |
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(2) after a hearing under Section 508.119(d), |
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operation of the facility does not commence. |
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(c) The attorney general may collect an amount owed by a |
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county to the department under this section, and the department may |
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reduce any funds otherwise allocated to the county by the |
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department in satisfaction of the amount owed. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |