Monitoring the Session

SB 1775

bill barring mental health providers from dropping jailed clients

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Sen. Borris MilesDSenate 13

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to processes to ensure continuity of care and services for certain offenders.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Jails must also notify the mental health authority before release.

The bill bars local mental health and behavioral health authorities from dropping or refusing services to a client just because that person was booked into a local jail. It also orders the Commission on Jail Standards to require every local jail it regulates to notify the client's mental health authority before releasing that person. People with mental health needs who pass through county jails, the local authorities that serve them, and jail staff all get new rules starting September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Feb 28, 2025 and referred to the Senate Criminal Justice committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB1775 · 2025-02-28

SOLD BY

Sen. Borris MilesDSenate 13

ITEM

relating to processes to ensure continuity of care and services for certain offenders.

WHAT IT DOES

Jails must also notify the mental health authority before release.

The bill bars local mental health and behavioral health authorities from dropping or refusing services to a client just because that person was booked into a local jail. It also orders the Commission on Jail Standards to require every local jail it regulates to notify the client's mental health authority before releasing that person. People with mental health needs who pass through county jails, the local authorities that serve them, and jail staff all get new rules starting September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Received by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. Filed
  3. Read first time
  4. Referred to Criminal Justice
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Borris Miles

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$15KHillCo PAC$10KActBlue Texas$9K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Sep 4, 2024 to Nov 30, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$15,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$15,000.00

Cash
$15,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$15,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 25, 2024 to Nov 3, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100990780, 101043817.

HillCo PAC$10,000.00

HillCo PAC

$10,000.00

Cash
$10,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$10,000.00

Also funds 131 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 8, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 24, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101043817.

ActBlue Texas$8,833.00

ActBlue Texas

$8,833.00

Cash
$8,833.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$8,833.00

Also funds 3 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 1, 2024 to Sep 4, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 1, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100990780.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

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Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$15,000.00

Cash
$15,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$15,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 25, 2024 to Nov 3, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100990780, 101043817.

×

HillCo PAC

$10,000.00

Cash
$10,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$10,000.00

Also funds 131 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 8, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 24, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101043817.

×

ActBlue Texas

$8,833.00

Cash
$8,833.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$8,833.00

Also funds 3 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 1, 2024 to Sep 4, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 1, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100990780.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Feb 28, 2025

03/13/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Senate committee · Criminal Justice · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Corrections--Jails & Prisons

Mental Health & Substance Abuse

JAIL STANDARDS, COMMISSION ON

Text

The text as introduced · 209 words

89R2377 EAS-D

By: Miles
S.B. No. 1775

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to processes to ensure continuity of care and services for

certain offenders.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 614, Health and Safety Code, is amended

by adding Section 614.0175 to read as follows:

Sec. 614.0175. CONTINUITY OF CARE AND SERVICES FOR CERTAIN

OFFENDERS. (a) In this section:

(1) "Local behavioral health authority" means an

authority designated by the Health and Human Services Commission

under Section 533.0356.

(2) "Local mental health authority" has the meaning

assigned by Section 531.002.

(b) A local mental health authority or local behavioral

health authority that receives notice that an individual to whom

the authority provided services has been processed by a local jail

may not refuse to provide services or discontinue services to the

individual on that basis alone.

(c) The Commission on Jail Standards shall require each

local jail regulated by the commission to notify a local mental

health authority or local behavioral health authority described by

Subsection (b) before the jail releases an individual to whom the

authority provided services to ensure the individual receives

continuity of care and services.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.