Bill Text: TX HB2812 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to an annual report by the reentry and integration division and the parole division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-04 - Considered in Calendars [HB2812 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2812-Comm_Sub.html
By: Toth | H.B. No. 2812 |
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relating to an annual report by the reentry and integration | ||
division and the parole division of the Texas Department of | ||
Criminal Justice. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 501, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 501.103 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 501.103. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) Not later than December 31 | ||
of each year, the department's reentry and integration division and | ||
parole division shall jointly prepare and submit an annual report | ||
to: | ||
(1) the governor; | ||
(2) the lieutenant governor; | ||
(3) the speaker of the house of representatives; | ||
(4) the standing committees of the house and senate | ||
primarily responsible for criminal justice issues and corrections | ||
issues; and | ||
(5) the reentry task force. | ||
(b) The report must include the following information about | ||
parole during the year in which the report is submitted: | ||
(1) the number of referrals of releasees for | ||
employment, housing, medical care, treatment for substance abuse or | ||
mental illness, education, or other basic needs; | ||
(2) the outcome of each referral; | ||
(3) the identified areas in which referrals are not | ||
possible due to unavailable resources or providers; | ||
(4) community resources available to releases | ||
including but not limited to faith-based and volunteer | ||
organizations; and | ||
(5) parole officer training. | ||
(c) The report must include the following information about | ||
reentry and reintegration during the year in which the report is | ||
submitted: | ||
(1) the outcomes of programs and services that are | ||
available to releasees based on follow-up inquiries evaluating | ||
clients' progress after release; | ||
(2) the common reentry barriers identified during | ||
releasees' individual assessments, including in areas of | ||
employment, housing, medical care, treatment for substance abuse or | ||
mental illness, education, or other basic needs; | ||
(3) the common reentry benefits and services that | ||
reentry coordinators help releasees obtain or apply for; | ||
(4) available community resources including but not | ||
limited to faith-based and volunteer organizations; and | ||
(5) reentry coordinator training. | ||
(d) The report required by Subsection (a) must be made | ||
available to the public. | ||
SECTION 2. The reentry and integration division and the | ||
parole division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall | ||
submit the initial report required by Section 501.103, Government | ||
Code, as added by this Act, not later than December 31, 2014. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |