HB4764 - Relating to an annual report on the use of administrative segregation in facilities operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

  89R16152 MCF-F     By: Jones of Dallas H.B. No. 4764       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to an annual report on the use of administrative   segregation in facilities operated by or under contract with the   Texas Department of Criminal Justice.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by   adding Section 493.036 to read as follows:           Sec.   493.036.     REPORT ON USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SEGREGATION.   (a)   In this section:                 (1)     "Administrative segregation" includes solitary   confinement, confinement on death row, and any other form of   restrictive housing.                 (2)     "Offender" means an inmate or state jail defendant   confined in a facility operated by or under contract with the   department.                 (3)     "Rehabilitative program" means a program,   including an activity or service, provided for the purpose of   improving the behavioral, psychological, educational, or   vocational outcome of an offender.           (b)     Not later than January 31 of each year, the department   shall prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor,   and each member of the legislature a report on the use of   administrative segregation in facilities operated by or under   contract with the department.           (c)     The report described by Subsection (b) must include the   following information for each facility operated by or under   contract with the department:                 (1)     the name, race, sex, and age of each offender   placed in administrative segregation;                 (2)     the offense or behavior for which each offender   was placed in administrative segregation;                 (3)     the number of times each offender was placed in   administrative segregation;                 (4)     the total time each offender placed in   administrative segregation spent in administrative segregation;                 (5)     other types of placements offered by each facility   that are similar to administrative segregation, including   quarantine and lockdown;                 (6)     the types of rehabilitative programs made   available to offenders placed in administrative segregation;                 (7)     staffing ratios for administrative segregation   units;                 (8)     the total number of administrative segregation   beds used at each facility;                 (9)     the mental health diagnoses of offenders placed in   administrative segregation;                 (10)     whether an offender placed in administrative   segregation received a new mental health diagnosis or required   mental health treatment during or shortly after the placement;                 (11)     whether an offender placed in administrative   segregation experienced severe mental or physical distress such   that the offender required immediate medical or psychiatric   attention;                 (12)     whether an offender placed in administrative   segregation attempted or committed suicide or engaged in self-harm   during or shortly after the placement;                 (13)     whether an offender placed in administrative   segregation appealed the offender's placement and the outcome of   each appeal;                 (14)     whether the length of a placement in   administrative segregation was reduced and the reason for each   reduction; and                 (15)     the number of offenders placed in administrative   segregation who had the length of their placement reduced because   of a successful completion of a rehabilitative program.           (d)     If the department fails to timely or accurately submit a   report required by this section, the department shall prepare and   submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and each member of   the legislature a corrective action plan outlining how the   department will correct deficiencies in the timeliness or accuracy   of future reports.          SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding Section 493.036, Government   Code, as added by this Act, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice   is not required to submit the initial report required by that   section until January 31, 2027.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.