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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a mental health assessment of certain inmates of the |
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 501.068 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 501.068. MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT FOR CERTAIN INMATES. |
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(a) Before the department may confine an inmate in administrative |
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segregation, an appropriate medical or mental health care |
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professional must perform a mental health assessment of the inmate. |
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(b) The department may not confine an inmate in |
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administrative segregation if the assessment performed under |
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Subsection (a) indicates that type of confinement is not |
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appropriate for the inmate's medical or mental health. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |