88R20227 MCF-D     By: Craddick, Cook, Martinez Fischer, Dutton, H.B. No. 458       Talarico, et al.       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the period within which the Texas Juvenile Justice   Department must accept custody of a person committed to the   department and to the consequences for the failure of the   department to accept custody of the person within that period.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 54.04, Family Code, is amended by adding   Subsections (s) and (t) to read as follows:          (s)  If the judge orders a disposition under this section   sentencing a person to commitment in the Texas Juvenile Justice   Department, the department shall accept custody of the person not   later than the 30th day after the date on which the judge signs the   disposition order committing the person to the department.          (t)  If the Texas Juvenile Justice Department does not take   custody of a person within the period prescribed by Subsection (s),   the department shall compensate the county for the cost of   detention for each day that the person remains detained in a   facility operated by or under contract with the county following   the expiration of that period. The compensation must be equal to   the amount that would have been incurred by the department to detain   the person for that period.          SECTION 2.  Section 243.002, Human Resources Code, is   amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:          (c)  Beginning on the 31st day after the date the child is   committed to the department, the department shall give credit   toward the minimum length of stay established for the child for time   spent in a pre-adjudication secure detention facility before the   child's transfer to the department.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2024.