By: Johnson of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 2229
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 15, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 15, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a report of information concerning juvenile offenders
committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department who have been in
foster care.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 243.008(e), Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) Not later than January 31 of each even-numbered year,
the department shall submit a report to the governor, the
lieutenant governor, and each member of the legislature [the
speaker of the house of representatives, and each standing
committee having primary jurisdiction over the department]. The
department shall also make the report available to the public on the
department's Internet website. The report must summarize
statistical information concerning the total number and percentage
of children in the custody of the department during the preceding
two years who have at any time been in foster care. Data in the
report must be disaggregated by:
(1) age;
(2) sex;
(3) race or ethnicity;
(4) the conduct for which children were committed to
the department; and
(5) children entering the juvenile justice system for
the first time.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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