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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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 261.101, 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 2. 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Code are repealed: |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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |