Bill Text: TX HB1083 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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84R3269 MAW-D
By: Márquez H.B. No. 1083

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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.