84R8505 JRR-F
	By: Rodríguez	S.B. No. 890

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to restricting the use of administrative segregation by
	the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for certain inmates.
	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.  PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN INMATES WITH SERIOUS
	MENTAL ILLNESS. (a) In this section, "inmate with a serious mental
	illness" means an inmate confined by the department who has a
	substantial disorder of thought or mood that significantly impairs
	the inmate's judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or
	ability to cope with the ordinary demands of life. The term
	includes an inmate who has current symptoms of or is receiving
	treatment for:
	(1)  any of the following Axis I diagnoses as defined by
	the American Psychiatric Association in the Diagnostic and
	Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition:
	(A)  schizophrenia, including any schizophrenia
	subtype;
	(B)  delusional disorder;
	(C)  schizophreniform disorder;
	(D)  schizoaffective disorder;
	(E)  brief psychotic disorder;
	(F)  substance-induced psychotic disorder, other
	than intoxication or withdrawal;
	(G)  bipolar disorder I or II;
	(H)  major depressive disorder; or
	(I)  any other psychotic disorder;
	(2)  a mental disorder that includes being actively
	suicidal;
	(3)  a mental illness that is frequently characterized
	by breaks with reality or perceptions of reality that lead to
	significant functional impairment;
	(4)  an organic brain syndrome that results in
	significant functional impairment if not treated;
	(5)  a severe personality disorder that is manifested
	by frequent episodes of psychosis or depression and results in
	significant functional impairment; or
	(6)  an intellectual disability with significant
	functional impairment.
	(b)  The department, in conjunction with each managed health
	care provider network established under Section 501.147, shall
	establish a diversion program that is designed to:
	(1)  remove inmates with a serious mental illness from
	administrative segregation; and
	(2)  prevent the initial placement of inmates with a
	serious mental illness in administrative segregation.
	(c)  Each program established under this section must:
	(1)  focus on stabilizing inmates with a serious mental
	illness by placing the inmates in less restrictive housing; and
	(2)  include policies and practices, scaled over a
	three-year period, that will divert not less than 90 percent of
	inmates with a serious mental illness from administrative
	segregation to less restrictive housing.
	(d)  The department shall report to the legislature not later
	than January 15 of each odd-numbered year the results of each
	program, including:
	(1)  the number of program participants that
	successfully integrate into a less restrictive housing placement;
	(2)  the recidivism rates for inmates with a serious
	mental illness, including those that participate in each program;
	and
	(3)  any additional data or information the legislature
	or the department considers relevant to assessing the program.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 501, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 501.0961 to read as follows:
	Sec. 501.0961.  REENTRY STEP-DOWN PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN
	INMATES IN ADMINISTRATIVE SEGREGATION. (a) The department, in
	conjunction with each managed health care provider network
	established under Section 501.147, shall establish a program for
	inmates who:
	(1)  are projected to be released or discharged from
	the department in 180 days or less; and
	(2)  have been confined in administrative segregation
	for at least 180 consecutive days and would otherwise remain in
	administrative segregation until release or discharge.
	(b)  Each program established under this section must:
	(1)  house inmates described by Subsection (a) in a
	residential, therapeutic housing unit within a correctional
	facility in lieu of confinement in administrative segregation;
	(2)  provide clinically appropriate and habilitative
	programs and services to the inmates with the goal of ensuring
	successful reentry; and
	(3)  focus on building prosocial behaviors and reducing
	the likelihood of recidivism.
	(c)  The department shall report to the legislature not later
	than January 15 of each odd-numbered year the results of each
	program, including the recidivism rates of inmates who participate
	in each program.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.