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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the standards for substance abuse facilities and |
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programs operated by juvenile probation departments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 221.002, Human Resources Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The board shall adopt reasonable rules that provide: |
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(1) minimum standards for personnel, staffing, case |
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loads, programs, facilities, record keeping, equipment, and other |
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aspects of the operation of a juvenile board that are necessary to |
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provide adequate and effective probation services; |
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(2) a code of ethics for probation and detention |
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officers and for the enforcement of that code; |
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(3) appropriate educational, preservice and |
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in-service training, and certification standards for probation and |
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detention officers or court-supervised community-based program |
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personnel; |
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(4) subject to Subsection (d), minimum standards for |
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public and private juvenile pre-adjudication secure detention |
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facilities, public juvenile post-adjudication secure correctional |
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facilities that are operated under the authority of a juvenile |
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board or governmental unit, private juvenile post-adjudication |
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secure correctional facilities operated under a contract with a |
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governmental unit, except those facilities exempt from |
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certification by Section 42.052(g), and nonsecure correctional |
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facilities operated by or under contract with a governmental unit; |
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[and] |
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(5) minimum standards for juvenile justice |
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alternative education programs created under Section 37.011, |
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Education Code, in collaboration and conjunction with the Texas |
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Education Agency, or its designee; and |
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(6) minimum standards for the operation of substance |
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abuse facilities or programs by juvenile probation departments. |
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(f) A substance abuse facility or program operating under |
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the standards adopted under this section is not required to be |
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licensed or otherwise approved by any other state or local agency. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |