Bill Text: TX HB918 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to providing discharged or released inmates with certain documents, including documents to assist the inmate in obtaining employment.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-02 - Effective on 1/1/20 [HB918 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB918-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 918 | ||
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| relating to providing discharged or released inmates with certain | ||
| documents, including documents to assist the inmate in obtaining | ||
| employment. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Sections 501.0155 and 501.0166 to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 501.0155. PROVIDING DISCHARGED OR RELEASED INMATE WITH | ||
| DOCUMENTATION FOR EMPLOYMENT. When an inmate who is able to work, | ||
| as determined by the department based on the inmate's age or mental | ||
| or physical condition, is discharged or released on parole, | ||
| mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon and the intended | ||
| residence designated by the inmate is in this state, the department | ||
| shall provide the inmate with relevant documentation to assist the | ||
| inmate in obtaining post-release employment, including: | ||
| (1) as applicable, a copy of the inmate's job training | ||
| record described by Section 497.094 and the inmate's work record | ||
| described by Section 497.095; and | ||
| (2) for an inmate who completed a prerelease program | ||
| required by a parole panel as a condition of release: | ||
| (A) a resume that includes any trade learned by | ||
| the inmate and the inmate's proficiency at that trade; and | ||
| (B) documentation that the inmate has completed a | ||
| practice job interview. | ||
| Sec. 501.0166. PROVIDING DISCHARGED OR RELEASED INMATE WITH | ||
| BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND SOCIAL SECURITY CARD. (a) In addition to | ||
| complying with the requirements of Section 501.0165 regarding a | ||
| license or personal identification certificate for an inmate being | ||
| discharged or released on parole, mandatory supervision, or | ||
| conditional pardon, the department must: | ||
| (1) determine whether the inmate has a: | ||
| (A) certified copy of the inmate's birth | ||
| certificate; and | ||
| (B) copy of the inmate's social security card; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) if the inmate does not have a document described by | ||
| Subdivision (1), submit to the appropriate entity on behalf of the | ||
| inmate a request for the issuance of the applicable document. | ||
| (b) The department shall submit a request under Subsection | ||
| (a)(2) as soon as is practicable to enable the department to provide | ||
| the inmate with the applicable document when the department | ||
| discharges or releases the inmate. | ||
| (c) This section does not apply to an inmate who: | ||
| (1) is not legally present in the United States; or | ||
| (2) was not a resident of this state before the person | ||
| was placed in the custody of the department. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 918 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
| 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 918 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
