Bill Text: TX HB1083 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a mental health assessment of certain inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1083 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1083-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1083 | ||
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| relating to a mental health assessment of certain inmates of the | ||
| Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 501.068 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 501.068. MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT FOR CERTAIN INMATES. | ||
| (a) Before the department may confine an inmate in administrative | ||
| segregation, an appropriate medical or mental health care | ||
| professional must perform a mental health assessment of the inmate. | ||
| (b) The department may not confine an inmate in | ||
| administrative segregation if the assessment performed under | ||
| Subsection (a) indicates that type of confinement is not | ||
| appropriate for the inmate's medical or mental health. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1083 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
| 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1083 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
