88R3894 MPF-F
 
  By: Canales H.B. No. 2201
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to housing certain inmates in state jail felony
  facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 507.006(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
  the state jail division, with the approval of the board, may
  designate one or more state jail felony facilities [or discrete
  areas within one or more state jail felony facilities] to treat
  inmates who are eligible for confinement in a substance abuse
  felony punishment facility under Section 493.009 or to house
  inmates who are sentenced to imprisonment in the institutional
  division, but only if the designation does not deny placement in a
  state jail felony facility of defendants required to serve terms of
  confinement in a facility following conviction of state jail
  felonies.  The division may not house in a state jail felony
  facility an inmate who:
               (1)  has a history of or has shown a pattern of violent
  or assaultive behavior in county jail or a facility operated by the
  department; or
               (2)  will increase the likelihood of harm to the public
  if housed in the facility.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.