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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the designation of the San Angelo State Supported |
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Living Center as a forensic state supported living center. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 555.002, Health and |
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Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 555.002. FORENSIC STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTERS |
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[CENTER]. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 555.002(a), (b), (c), and (d), Health |
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and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall establish [a] separate forensic |
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state supported living centers [center] for the care [apart from
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other clients and residents] of high-risk alleged offender |
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residents. The department shall designate the Mexia and San Angelo |
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State Supported Living Centers [Center] for this purpose. |
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(b) In establishing the forensic state supported living |
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centers [center], the department shall: |
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(1) transfer an alleged offender resident already |
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residing in a center who is classified as a high-risk alleged |
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offender resident in accordance with Section 555.003, to a [the] |
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forensic state supported living center; |
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(2) place high-risk alleged offender residents in |
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appropriate [separate] homes at a [the] forensic state supported |
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living center based on whether an individual is: |
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(A) an adult or a person younger than 18 years of |
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age; or |
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(B) male or female; |
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(3) place alleged offender residents who are charged |
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with or convicted of a felony offense or who are alleged by petition |
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or have been found to have engaged in delinquent conduct defined as |
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a felony offense, at the time the residents are initially committed |
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to or transferred to a center, in a [the] forensic state supported |
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living center until a determination under Section 555.003 has been |
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completed; |
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(4) transfer all residents who request a transfer, |
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other than high-risk alleged offender residents and alleged |
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offender residents described by Subdivision (3) and for whom a |
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determination has not been completed under Section 555.003, from a |
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[the] forensic state supported living center; and |
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(5) provide training regarding the service delivery |
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system for high-risk alleged offender residents to direct care |
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employees of a [the] forensic state supported living center. |
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(c) An alleged offender resident committed to a [the] |
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forensic state supported living center, for whom a determination |
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under Section 555.003 has been completed and who is not classified |
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as a high-risk alleged offender resident, may request a transfer to |
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another center in accordance with Subchapter B, Chapter 594. |
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(d) The department shall ensure that each [the] forensic |
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state supported living center: |
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(1) complies with the requirements for ICF-MR |
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certification under the Medicaid program, as appropriate; and |
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(2) has a sufficient number of [additional] center |
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employees, including direct care employees, to protect the safety |
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of center employees, residents, and the community. |
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SECTION 3. Section 29.452, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.452. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only |
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to an alleged offender resident of a [the] forensic state supported |
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living center designated [established] under Section 555.002, |
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Health and Safety Code, before September 1, 2011. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2012. |