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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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Relating to allowing TJJD to approve a small number of Regional |
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Diversion Alternatives placements for youth with intense needs at a |
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higher rate than the average daily cost of state secure facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sec. 223.001(d), Human Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) The department shall reimburse counties for the |
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placement of children in the regional specialized program at a rate |
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that offers a savings to the state in relation to the average cost |
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per day for confining a child in a department facility operated |
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under Subtitle C. |
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(d-1) Under the regionalization program, TJJD may determine |
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the cost savings to the state by calculating the average cost of all |
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diversion placements in each fiscal year of the biennium in |
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comparison to the state secure facilities average daily cost. |
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(e) The department may not adversely impact the state aid |
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for a juvenile board or a juvenile probation department that does |
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not enter into a contract to serve youth from other counties, or |
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does not act as a regional facility. |
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(f) A juvenile board or juvenile probation department may |
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not be required to accept a child for placement in a |
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post-adjudication correctional facility, unless the child is |
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subject to an order issued by a juvenile court served by that board |
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or department. |