TO: | Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB199 by Madden (Relating to a residential infant care program for mothers confined in Texas Department of Criminal Justice facilities.), As Engrossed |
The bill would amend the Government Code by requiring the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to implement a residential infant care and parenting program for mothers who are confined to TDCJ. The bill further states that TDCJ shall model the program after the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Mothers and Infants Together program, located in
Actual cost based on the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Mothers and Infants Together program currently operating in
Source Agencies: | 696 Department of Criminal Justice
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LBB Staff: | JOB, ES, GG, SDO
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