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TX SB1785
Bill
Status
2/28/2025
Primary Sponsor
Sarah Eckhardt
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AI Summary
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Requires the Health and Human Services Commission to take custody of defendants found incompetent to stand trial within 45 days of a court order transferring them to a state facility
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Mandates the commission compensate counties for each day a defendant remains in county jail beyond the 45-day deadline, at the same rate the commission would have paid to confine the defendant
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Entitles counties to reimbursement from the commission for providing jail-based competency restoration services
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Requires county judges to certify quarterly expenses for jail-based competency restoration services to the comptroller, who must then issue payment warrants to the county
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Compensation provisions apply to confinement and services occurring on or after January 1, 2026, with the act taking effect immediately upon two-thirds vote or September 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to the confinement in a county jail of certain defendants who are incompetent to stand trial and to the compensation to the county for the costs of that confinement and of the provision of jail-based competency restoration services.
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Last Action
Referred to Finance
3/13/2025