By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 2227       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the period for transporting a criminal defendant who is   found incompetent to stand trial to a facility for competency   restoration services and to the compensation to the county for the   costs of confinement occurring after that period.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 46B, Code of Criminal   Procedure, is amended by adding Article 46B.0753 to read as   follows:          Art. 46B.0753.  TRANSFER TO COMMISSION; COMPENSATION TO   COUNTIES.  (a)  The commission shall take custody of a defendant   awaiting transfer to a mental health facility operated by or under   contract with the commission not later than the 21st day following   the date the court delivered a signed order of commitment under   Article 46B.076.          (b)  If the commission does not take custody of a defendant   within the period prescribed by Subsection (a), the commission   shall:                (1)  evaluate the overall health of the defendant in   person at least once a week until the defendant is transferred to   the appropriate mental health facility; and                (2)  compensate the county for the cost of confinement   for each day that the defendant remains confined in the county jail   following the expiration of that period.          (c)  The compensation described by Subsection (b)(2) must be   equal to the amount that would have been incurred by the commission   to confine the defendant for that period.          SECTION 2.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies to   a defendant for whom an order of commitment is issued before, on, or   after the effective date of this Act.          (b)  Notwithstanding Article 46B.0753(a), Code of Criminal   Procedure, as added by this Act, for a defendant who, on the   effective date of this Act, is confined in a county jail and   awaiting transfer to a mental health facility under an order of   commitment, the 21-day period provided by that subsection for the   Health and Human Services Commission to take custody of the   defendant begins on the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.