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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notification requirements for law enforcement agencies |
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regarding a missing child with an intellectual disability or mental |
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illness. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 63, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Article 63.0093 to read as follows: |
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Art. 63.0093. NOTIFICATION REGARDING MISSING CHILD WITH |
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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR MENTAL ILLNESS. (a) In this article, |
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"intellectual disability" and "mental illness" have the meanings |
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assigned by Article 46B.001. |
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(b) As soon as practicable after a law enforcement agency |
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arrests or detains a missing child with an intellectual disability |
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or mental illness, the agency shall notify the missing child's |
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parent, managing conservator, or guardian regarding the agency's |
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detention or arrest. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |