S.B. No. 1702

	AN ACT
	relating to the powers and duties of the office of independent
	ombudsman for the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 261.101, Human Resources Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
	(f)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
	the powers of the office include:
	(1)  the inspection of:
	(A)  a facility operated by the department under
	Subtitle C;
	(B)  a post-adjudication secure correctional
	facility under Section 51.125, Family Code;
	(C)  a nonsecure correctional facility under
	Section 51.126, Family Code; and
	(D)  any other residential facility in which a
	child adjudicated as having engaged in conduct indicating a need
	for supervision or delinquent conduct is placed by court order; and
	(2)  the investigation of complaints alleging a
	violation of the rights of the children committed to or placed in a
	facility described by this subsection.
	SECTION 2.  The following provisions of the Human Resources
	Code are repealed:
	(1)  Section 261.101(e), as added by Section 11(b),
	Chapter 854 (S.B. 1149), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2015; and
	(2)  Section 261.101(e), as amended by Chapter 962
	(S.B. 1630), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1702 passed the Senate on
	April 17, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1702 passed the House on
	May 22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 116, Nays 27, three
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor