86R8184 JRR-D
By: Allen H.B. No. 2519
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reporting of certain information on felony
defendants placed on community supervision who are young adults and
to certain measures to reduce the revocation rate of those
defendants.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 509, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 509.018 to read as follows:
Sec. 509.018. INFORMATION ON OUTCOMES OF CERTAIN FELONY
DEFENDANTS PLACED ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; MEASURES TO REDUCE
REVOCATION RATE. (a) In this section, "young adult" means a person
who is at least 17 years of age but younger than 25 years of age.
(b) The division shall require each department to annually
report to the division, in the manner prescribed by the division,
the following information:
(1) the revocation rate for felony defendants placed
on community supervision in a county served by the department who
are young adults;
(2) the percentage of the felony defendants described
by Subdivision (1) who completed the period of community
supervision; and
(3) the recidivism rates for felony defendants
described by Subdivision (1) following the first, second, and third
anniversary of the date the defendants were placed on community
supervision.
(c) The information reported under Subsection (b) must be
disaggregated by race, ethnicity, offense type, and supervision
level.
(d) The division shall include a summary of the information
reported under Subsection (b) in the report prepared under Section
509.004(c).
(e) The division may provide technical assistance to
departments that serve counties in which the revocation rate for
felony defendants described by Subsection (b)(1) significantly
exceeds the statewide average or historically has significantly
exceeded the statewide average for felony defendants described by
that subsection who have a similar supervision level.
(f) Technical assistance provided under Subsection (e) must
include information on:
(1) developmental psychology;
(2) effective supervision practices for defendants
who are young adults; and
(3) the impact of adverse childhood experiences and
past trauma on the supervision of defendants who are young adults.
(g) The division shall require a department described by
Subsection (e) to develop and submit to the division a corrective
action plan establishing the measures the department will take to
reduce the revocation rate for felony defendants described by
Subsection (b)(1), including measures for creating collaborative
relationships with nonprofit organizations that provide
multidisciplinary services for young adults who are involved in the
criminal justice system.
(h) When awarding a grant to a department for the purpose of
reducing the revocation rate for felony defendants described by
Subsection (b)(1), the division shall give priority to departments
that are required to submit a corrective action plan under
Subsection (g).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.