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Section 493.032. Correctional Officer Training Related to Pregnant Inmates

TX Govt Code § 493.032 (2019) (N/A)
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Text of section as added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 123 (H.B. 650), Sec. 1

For text of section as added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 3227), Sec. 1, see other Sec. 493.032.

Sec. 493.032. CORRECTIONAL OFFICER TRAINING RELATED TO PREGNANT INMATES. (a) The department shall provide training relating to medical and mental health care issues applicable to pregnant inmates to:

(1) each correctional officer employed by the department at a facility in which female inmates are confined; and

(2) any other department employee whose duties involve contact with pregnant inmates.

(b) The training must include information regarding:

(1) appropriate care for pregnant inmates; and

(2) the impact on a pregnant inmate and the inmate's unborn child of:

(A) the use of restraints;

(B) placement in administrative segregation; and

(C) invasive searches.

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 123 (H.B. 650), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.

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