H.B. No. 199
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to a residential infant care program for mothers confined
  in Texas Department of Criminal Justice facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 501.022 to read as follows:
         Sec. 501.022.  INFANT CARE AND PARENTING. The department
  shall implement a residential infant care and parenting program for
  mothers who are confined by the department. To the extent
  practicable, the department shall model the program after the
  Federal Bureau of Prisons' Mothers and Infants Together program
  operated under contract in Fort Worth.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 199 was passed by the House on May 9,
  2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 3, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 199 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor