85R12253 LHC-D     By: Moody H.B. No. 3164       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the standards for substance abuse facilities and   programs operated by juvenile probation departments.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 221.002, Human Resources Code, is   amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to   read as follows:          (a)  The board shall adopt reasonable rules that provide:                (1)  minimum standards for personnel, staffing, case   loads, programs, facilities, record keeping, equipment, and other   aspects of the operation of a juvenile board that are necessary to   provide adequate and effective probation services;                (2)  a code of ethics for probation and detention   officers and for the enforcement of that code;                (3)  appropriate educational, preservice and   in-service training, and certification standards for probation and   detention officers or court-supervised community-based program   personnel;                (4)  subject to Subsection (d), minimum standards for   public and private juvenile pre-adjudication secure detention   facilities, public juvenile post-adjudication secure correctional   facilities that are operated under the authority of a juvenile   board or governmental unit, private juvenile post-adjudication   secure correctional facilities operated under a contract with a   governmental unit, except those facilities exempt from   certification by Section 42.052(g), and nonsecure correctional   facilities operated by or under contract with a governmental unit;   [and]                (5)  minimum standards for juvenile justice   alternative education programs created under Section 37.011,   Education Code, in collaboration and conjunction with the Texas   Education Agency, or its designee; and                (6)  minimum standards for the operation of substance   abuse facilities or programs by juvenile probation departments.          (f)  A substance abuse facility or program operating under   the standards adopted under this section is not required to be   licensed or otherwise approved by any other state or local agency.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.