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TX Govt Code § 501.173 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 501 - Inmate Welfare|Subchapter F. Elimination of Sexual Assault Against Inmates|Section 501.173. Powers and Duties of Ombudsperson

Sec. 501.173.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF OMBUDSPERSON.  (a)  The ombudsperson shall:(1)  monitor department policies for the prevention of sexual assault in correctional facilities;(2)  oversee the administrative investigation of inmate complaints of sexual assault;(3)  ensure the impartial resolution of inmate complaints of sexual assault; and(4)  collect statistics regarding all allegations of sexual assault from each correctional facility in accordance with the standards established by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission.(b)  The ombudsperson may collect evidence at correctional facilities and interview inmates or employees at correctional facilities in conducting an investigation of an inmate complaint of sexual assault under this section.(c)  The ombudsperson may not require an inmate who reports a sexual assault to assist in the investigation or prosecution of the offense.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1217 (H.B. 1944), Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Govt Code § 501.174 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 501 - Inmate Welfare|Subchapter F. Elimination of Sexual Assault Against Inmates|Section 501.174. Department to Adopt Policy

Sec. 501.174.  DEPARTMENT TO ADOPT POLICY.  The department shall adopt a policy providing for:(1)  a designated administrator at each correctional facility to post information throughout the facility describing how an inmate may confidentially contact the ombudsperson regarding a sexual assault;(2)  an inmate to write a confidential letter to the ombudsperson regarding a sexual assault;(3)  employees at correctional facilities, on notification of the occurrence of a sexual assault, to immediately:(A)  contact the ombudsperson and the office of the inspector general; and(B)  ensure that the alleged victim is safe;(4)  the office of the inspector general, at the time the office is notified of the sexual assault, to arrange for a medical examination of the alleged victim to be conducted in accordance with Subchapter F, Chapter 56A, Code of Criminal Procedure, or, if an appropriate employee of the office of the inspector general is not available at the time the office is notified of the sexual assault, a qualified employee at the correctional facility to conduct a medical examination of the alleged victim in accordance with that subchapter;(5)  a grievance proceeding under Section 501.008 based on an alleged sexual assault to be exempt from any deadline applicable to grievances initiated under that section; and(6)  each correctional facility to collect statistics on all alleged sexual assaults against inmates confined in the facility and to report the statistics to the ombudsperson.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1217 (H.B. 1944), Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2007.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 2.47, eff. January 1, 2021.|
TX Govt Code § 501.175 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 501 - Inmate Welfare|Subchapter F. Elimination of Sexual Assault Against Inmates|Section 501.175. Ombudsperson to Make Available to Public Certain Information

Sec. 501.175.  OMBUDSPERSON TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC CERTAIN INFORMATION.  The ombudsperson shall make available to the public and appropriate state agencies:(1)  information regarding the powers and duties of the ombudsperson; and(2)  statistical information regarding the total number of allegations of sexual assault investigated by the department, the outcome of the investigations, and any disciplinary sanctions imposed as a result of the investigations.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1217 (H.B. 1944), Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Govt Code § 501.176 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 501 - Inmate Welfare|Subchapter F. Elimination of Sexual Assault Against Inmates|Section 501.176. Annual Report

Sec. 501.176.  ANNUAL REPORT.  (a)  Not later than January 1 of each year, the ombudsperson shall submit a written report regarding the activities of the ombudsperson during the preceding fiscal year to:(1)  the governor;(2)  the lieutenant governor;(3)  the speaker of the house of representatives;(4)  the presiding officer of each house and senate committee having jurisdiction over the department;(5)  the board;(6)  the executive director;(7)  the state auditor;  and(8)  the comptroller.(b)  The report must include public information regarding:(1)  each investigation and monitoring activity relating to sexual assault completed during the fiscal year by the ombudsperson and the inspector general; and(2)  statistics collected by the ombudsperson regarding allegations of sexual assault.(c)  The annual report must meet the financial reporting requirements of the General Appropriations Act.(d)  Upon review of the findings of the annual report submitted to the board, the board shall make recommendations on, or implement policy that has the goal of, lowering the rate and incidence of sexual assault against inmates at a correctional facility.  That policy will include methods to address a correctional facility where the rate and incidence of sexual assault against inmates has not shown improvement.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1217 (H.B. 1944), Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Govt Code § 501.177 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 501 - Inmate Welfare|Subchapter F. Elimination of Sexual Assault Against Inmates|Section 501.177. State Auditor Audits, Investigations, and Access to Information Not Impaired

Sec. 501.177.  STATE AUDITOR AUDITS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION NOT IMPAIRED.  This subchapter or other law related to the operation of the ombudsperson or the office of the inspector general does not prohibit the state auditor from conducting an audit, investigation, or other review or from having full and complete access to all records and other information, including witnesses and electronic data, that the state auditor considers necessary for the audit, investigation, or other review.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1217 (H.B. 1944), Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Govt Code § 501.178 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 501 - Inmate Welfare|Subchapter F. Elimination of Sexual Assault Against Inmates|Section 501.178. Authority of State Auditor to Conduct Timely Audits Not Impaired

Sec. 501.178.  AUTHORITY OF STATE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT TIMELY AUDITS NOT IMPAIRED.  This subchapter or other law related to the operation of the ombudsperson or the office of the inspector general does not take precedence over the authority of the state auditor to conduct an audit under Chapter 321 or other law.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1217 (H.B. 1944), Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Govt Code § 507.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 507 - State Jail Division|Subchapter A. State Jail Felony Facilities|Section 507.002. Eligible Defendants

Sec. 507.002.  ELIGIBLE DEFENDANTS.  The state jail division may confine in a state jail felony facility authorized by this subchapter defendants required by a judge to serve a term of confinement in a state jail felony facility following a grant of deferred adjudication for or conviction of an offense punishable as a state jail felony.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 988, Sec. 1.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 318, Sec. 72, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Govt Code § 507.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 507 - State Jail Division|Subchapter A. State Jail Felony Facilities|Section 507.003. Regions

Sec. 507.003.  REGIONS.  The board shall designate not fewer than nine regions in the state for the purpose of providing regional state jail felony facilities.  The board shall ensure that regions are designed to efficiently serve community supervision and corrections departments.  The board may not designate a region that contains a part of an area served by a community supervision and corrections department.  The board may designate a region that contains only one judicial district, but only if the judicial district serves a municipality with a population of 400,000 or more.  Any other provision of law that would otherwise require the board to designate regions on the basis of uniform service regions does not apply to this section.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 988, Sec. 1.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 507.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 507 - State Jail Division|Subchapter A. State Jail Felony Facilities|Section 507.004. Allocation Policies

Sec. 507.004.  ALLOCATION POLICIES.  The board shall adopt and enforce:(1)  a regional allocation policy to allocate the number of facilities and beds to each region established under Section 507.003;  and(2)  an intra-regional allocation policy for each region, to allocate the number of facilities and beds within a region to the community supervision and corrections departments in that region, unless those departments by their own agreement establish the allocation of beds in the region.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 988, Sec. 1.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 507.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 507 - State Jail Division|Subchapter A. State Jail Felony Facilities|Section 507.006. Use of Facility for Other Inmates

Sec. 507.006.  USE OF FACILITY FOR OTHER INMATES.  (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.(b)  Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 126 (H.B. 719), Sec. 9(2), eff. September 1, 2021.(c)  The responsibility of the department to provide substance abuse felony punishment facilities is governed by the General Appropriations Act and Section 493.009.  This section does not affect the responsibility of the department to provide substance abuse felony punishment facilities.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 988, Sec. 1.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 1.098, 1.113, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 488, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 126 (H.B. 719), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2021.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 126 (H.B. 719), Sec. 9(2), eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Govt Code § 507.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 507 - State Jail Division|Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 507.022. Employees' Salaries, Room and Board, and Medical Care

Sec. 507.022.  EMPLOYEES' SALARIES, ROOM AND BOARD, AND MEDICAL CARE.  (a)  Salaries of employees of the state jail division and the provision of board, lodging, uniforms, and other provisions to employees are as provided by the General Appropriations Act.(b)  Employees of the state jail division who are injured in the line of duty are entitled to receive free medical care and hospitalization from institutional division doctors and the institutional division hospital.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 988, Sec. 1.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 507.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 507 - State Jail Division|Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 507.023. AIDS and HIV Education; Testing

Sec. 507.023.  AIDS AND HIV EDUCATION;  TESTING.  (a)  The state jail division shall establish and provide education programs to educate state jail division employees and defendants in state jail felony facilities about AIDS and HIV in the same manner as the institutional division establishes and provides programs for employees and inmates under Section 501.054.(b)  The state jail division shall adopt a policy for handling a defendant with AIDS or HIV and shall test a defendant for AIDS or HIV in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as apply to the institutional division under Section 501.054.(c)  In this section, "AIDS" and "HIV" have the meanings assigned by Section 81.101, Health and Safety Code.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 988, Sec. 1.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1184 (H.B. 43), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Govt Code § 507.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 507 - State Jail Division|Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 507.024. Transportation of Defendants

Sec. 507.024.  TRANSPORTATION OF DEFENDANTS.  The board shall adopt rules to provide for the safe transfer of defendants from counties to state jail felony facilities.  A sheriff may transport defendants to a state jail felony facility if the sheriff is able to perform the service as economically as if the service were performed by the division.  The state jail division is responsible for the cost of transportation of defendants to the division.  Defendants may be transported with other persons being transported to the custody of the department provided appropriate security precautions prescribed by policies of the department are taken.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 988, Sec. 1.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 507.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 507 - State Jail Division|Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 507.025. Medical Care

Sec. 507.025.  MEDICAL CARE.  The state jail division, with the approval of the board, may contract with the institutional division, a private vendor, or any public health care provider for the provision of medical services to defendants in state jail felony facilities.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 988, Sec. 1.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 507.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 507 - State Jail Division|Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 507.026. Change in Designation of Facility

Sec. 507.026.  CHANGE IN DESIGNATION OF FACILITY.  The board may designate any facility under its control as a state jail felony facility and confine state jail felons in that facility.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 988, Sec. 1.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 507.027 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 507 - State Jail Division|Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 507.027. Inspections

Sec. 507.027.  INSPECTIONS.  The board shall adopt rules relating to inspections by the department of state jail felony facility construction projects.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 988, Sec. 1.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 507.028 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 507 - State Jail Division|Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 507.028. Screening for and Education Concerning Fetal Alcohol Exposure During Pregnancy

Sec. 507.028.  SCREENING FOR AND EDUCATION CONCERNING FETAL ALCOHOL EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY.  (a)  The department shall establish and use a screening program in state jail felony facilities that is substantially similar to the program established and used by the department under Section 501.059.(b)  The department shall provide to all female defendants confined in state jail felony facilities an educational brochure describing the risks and dangers of consuming alcohol during pregnancy.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1308 (S.B. 909), Sec. 32, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Govt Code § 507.029 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 507 - State Jail Division|Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 507.029. Use of Inmate Labor

Sec. 507.029.  USE OF INMATE LABOR.  The department may use the labor of inmates of the institutional division in any work or community service program or project performed by the state jail division.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 1.100, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Govt Code § 507.030 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 507 - State Jail Division|Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 507.030. Visitation

Sec. 507.030.  VISITATION.  (a)  In this section:(1)  "Guardian" has the meaning assigned by Section 1002.012, Estates Code.(2)  "Letters of guardianship" means a certificate issued under Section 1106.001(a), Estates Code.(a-1)  The state jail division shall allow the governor, members of the legislature, and officials of the executive and judicial branches to enter during business hours any part of a facility operated by the division, for the purpose of observing the operations of the division.  A visitor described by this subsection may talk with defendants away from division employees.(b)  The state jail division shall establish a visitation policy for persons confined in state jail felony facilities.  The visitation policy must:(1)  allow visitation by a guardian of a defendant confined in a state jail felony facility to the same extent as the defendant's next of kin, including placing the guardian on the defendant's approved visitors list on the guardian's request and providing the guardian access to the defendant during a facility's standard visitation hours if the defendant is otherwise eligible to receive visitors; and(2)  require the guardian to provide the director of the facility with letters of guardianship before being allowed to visit the defendant. |Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 1.101, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 688 (H.B. 634), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Govt Code § 507.031 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 507 - State Jail Division|Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 507.031. Furlough Program

Sec. 507.031.  FURLOUGH PROGRAM.  (a)  The director of a state jail felony facility may grant a furlough to a defendant so that the defendant may:(1)  obtain a medical diagnosis or medical treatment;(2)  obtain treatment and supervision at a Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation facility;(3)  attend a funeral or visit a critically ill relative;  or(4)  participate in a programmatic activity sanctioned by the state jail division.(b)  The state jail division shall adopt policies for the administration of the furlough program.(c)  A defendant furloughed under this section is considered to be in the custody of the state jail division, even if the defendant is not under physical guard while furloughed.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 1.099, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Government Code Sec. 507.028 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 31.01(43), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 507.032 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 507 - State Jail Division|Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 507.032. Identification of Defendants Subject to Arrest Warrant

Sec. 507.032.  IDENTIFICATION OF DEFENDANTS SUBJECT TO ARREST WARRANT.  Before a defendant is released from confinement in a state jail felony facility, the department shall conduct a criminal history record check to determine whether the defendant is the subject of an arrest warrant.  In conducting the criminal history record check, the department shall allow sufficient time for compliance with any requirements related to notifying the proper authorities of the defendant's release and, if necessary, processing a demand for extradition of the defendant.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 205, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 507.033 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 507 - State Jail Division|Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 507.033. Rehabilitation Programs

Sec. 507.033.  REHABILITATION PROGRAMS.  (a)  The state jail division may allow a defendant who is capable of serving as a tutor to tutor functionally illiterate defendants and shall actively encourage volunteer organizations to aid in the tutoring of defendants.  A person who acts as a tutor may function only as a teacher and advisor to a defendant and may not exercise supervisory authority or control over the defendant.(b)  The state jail division shall actively encourage volunteer organizations to provide the following programs for defendants who are housed in facilities operated by or under contract with the division:(1)  literacy and education programs;(2)  life skills programs;(3)  job skills programs;(4)  parent-training programs;(5)  drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs;(6)  support group programs;(7)  arts and crafts programs;  and(8)  other programs determined by the division to aid defendants confined in state jail felony facilities in the transition from confinement or supervision back into society and to reduce incidents of recidivism among defendants.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 391, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.|