S.B. No. 1300

AN ACT

relating to the designation of the San Angelo State Supported Living Center as a forensic state supported living center.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. The heading to Section 555.002, Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 555.002. FORENSIC STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTERS [CENTER].

SECTION 2. Sections 555.002(a), (b), (c), and (d), Health and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a) The department shall designate [establish a] separate forensic state supported living centers [center] for the care [apart from other clients and residents] of high-risk alleged offender residents. The department shall designate the Mexia and San Angelo State Supported Living Centers [Center] for this purpose.

(b) In establishing the forensic state supported living centers [center], the department shall:

(1) transfer an alleged offender resident already residing in a center who is classified as a high-risk alleged offender resident in accordance with Section 555.003, to a [the] forensic state supported living center;

(2) place high-risk alleged offender residents in appropriate [separate] homes at a [the] forensic state supported living center based on whether an individual is:

(A) an adult or a person younger than 18 years of age; or

(B) male or female;

(3) place alleged offender residents who are charged with or convicted of a felony offense or who are alleged by petition or have been found to have engaged in delinquent conduct defined as a felony offense, at the time the residents are initially committed to or transferred to a center, in a [the] forensic state supported living center until a determination under Section 555.003 has been completed;

(4) transfer all residents who request a transfer, other than high-risk alleged offender residents and alleged offender residents described by Subdivision (3) and for whom a determination has not been completed under Section 555.003, from a [the] forensic state supported living center; and

(5) provide training regarding the service delivery system for high-risk alleged offender residents to direct care employees of a [the] forensic state supported living center.

(c) An alleged offender resident committed to a [the] forensic state supported living center, for whom a determination under Section 555.003 has been completed and who is not classified as a high-risk alleged offender resident, may request a transfer to another center in accordance with Subchapter B, Chapter 594.

(d) The department shall ensure that each [the] forensic state supported living center:

(1) complies with the requirements for ICF-IID certification under the Medicaid program, as appropriate; and

(2) has a sufficient number of [additional] center employees, including direct care employees, to protect the safety of center employees, residents, and the community.

SECTION 3. Section 29.452, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 29.452. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only to an alleged offender resident of a [the] forensic state supported living center designated [established] under Section 555.002, Health and Safety Code.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1300 passed the Senate on April 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1300 passed the House on May 18, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, two present not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor