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1 Nov 2008, 8:03 am
That's a lot less likely in a supervised outpatient program because they don't have the dramatic shift from the hospital to the jail cell and can schedule the court date when the defendant is stable.Before the 80th Legislature allowed the outpatient option, the only way to get the needed mental health treatment for competency restoration was to send defendants to one of Texas' state mental hospitals. [read post]
29 Oct 2008, 1:45 pm
"Governor Perry is basically asking the Texas Legislature to give him his own version of President Bill Clinton's COPS program, which claimed to put 100,000 new local officers on the street nationwide. [read post]
28 Oct 2008, 5:45 am
Thirty percent of Texas prison inmates are past clients of the mental health system, the number of sick, elderly inmates is rising, and more inmates die in Texas prisons than in California - about 2,000 over one recent four year stretch.All this happened because California's Legislature refused to pay for an adequate health system. [read post]
27 Oct 2008, 6:48 am
Ellis to propose ban on police showups in Texas," Oct. 15):"I think because of the outrageous number of wrongful convictions in Texas, it's time to begin the dialog [to ban showups]," Mr. [read post]
24 Oct 2008, 10:07 pm
The dissent in arguing that the injured party should be covered when a part flies off of another vehicle stated "We have repeatedly and consistently held that because the UM [uninsured/underinsured] statute is remedial, it should be construed liberally to give full effect to the Legislature's purpose in enacting it - to provide coverage to insured motorists. [read post]
22 Oct 2008, 10:21 pm
About a dozen state legislatures are considering legislation which would allow cameras in nursing home. [read post]
22 Oct 2008, 4:28 pm
In a related note: Texas has executed its 12th person of the year. [read post]
21 Oct 2008, 9:46 am
The fight over using traffic roadblocks without probable cause to check for drunk drivers has become a biennial affair at the Texas Legislature, and interest groups were already sharpening their knives over the coming roadblock fight in 2009. [read post]
19 Oct 2008, 9:11 pm
Not enough, to be sure, to form an informed opinion about the current incumbents' job performance and their contributions to the state's evolving jurisprudence and its business climate. [read post]
19 Oct 2008, 8:45 pm
State Rep. [read post]
17 Oct 2008, 2:50 am
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said yesterday that he would like to expand the state's sex offender register to include Internet information, such as e-mail address and screen names. [read post]
15 Oct 2008, 4:50 pm
" I applaud our state legislature for strengthening these dog laws. [read post]
14 Oct 2008, 8:34 pm
With 22,783 women practicing law in the state, according to the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Lawyer editorial department knew this project wouldn't be easy. [read post]
12 Oct 2008, 1:25 pm
Yesterday's Houston Chronicle reported that the Harris County, Texas Medical Examiner's Office is considering asking the state legislature to enact legislation to exempt the coroner's office from Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act. [read post]
12 Oct 2008, 8:27 am
And in 1975, the Texas Legislature amended state law to make it easier to prosecute sexual assaults without evidence to corroborate eyewitness testimony. [read post]
8 Oct 2008, 9:44 pm
Texas Supreme Court earlier in September, declined to hear a case on whether or not medical malpractice damage caps violate state constitutional rights. [read post]
8 Oct 2008, 10:00 am
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7 Oct 2008, 12:00 pm
So, for H.R. 1424’s federal tax changes to apply in Texas, it would appear that the Legislature will have to amend the Tax Code when it convenes in its next regular session. [read post]
7 Oct 2008, 10:15 am
UTMB officials have told the Legislature in public hearings they're "close" to not providing a constitutional level of health care for inmates, citing Texas' low per-inmate spending rates in UTMB's contract - less than half the per-inmate cost in California. [read post]
2 Oct 2008, 8:20 am
The goal, they say, is prevention rather than reaction.Although Texas is one of 10 states that have an ignition interlock device requirement for repeat offenders, Chris Johnson, a member of MADD's Texas state policy committee and vice chairman of its national board of directors, said the current law's wording leaves too much to judicial interpretation. [read post]
