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AN ACT
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relating to the powers and duties of the office of independent |
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ombudsman for the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 261.001, Human Resources Code, is |
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amended by amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (1-a) to |
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read as follows: |
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(1) "Child" means an individual who is: |
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(A) 10 years of age or older and younger than 19 |
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years of age; and |
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(B) committed to or placed in a facility |
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described by Section 261.101(f) by an order issued by a juvenile |
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court. |
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(1-a) "Independent ombudsman" means the individual |
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who has been appointed under this chapter to the office of |
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independent ombudsman. |
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SECTION 2. Section 261.101, Human Resources Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, |
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the powers of the office include: |
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(1) the inspection of: |
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(A) a facility operated by the department under |
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Subtitle C; |
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(B) a post-adjudication secure correctional |
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facility under Section 51.125, Family Code; |
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(C) a nonsecure correctional facility under |
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Section 51.126, Family Code; and |
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(D) any other residential facility in which a |
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child adjudicated as having engaged in conduct indicating a need |
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for supervision or delinquent conduct is placed by court order; and |
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(2) the investigation of complaints alleging a |
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violation of the rights of the children committed to or placed in a |
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facility described by this subsection. |
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SECTION 3. The following provisions of the Human Resources |
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Code are repealed: |
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(1) Section 261.101(e), as added by Section 11(b), |
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Chapter 854 (S.B. 1149), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2015; and |
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(2) Section 261.101(e), as amended by Chapter 962 |
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(S.B. 1630), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3648 was passed by the House on May 3, |
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2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 3648 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 2, |
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1 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3648 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |