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| 1 | + | 86R8184 JRR-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Allen H.B. No. 2519 | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2519: | |
| 4 | - | By: Neave C.S.H.B. No. 2519 | |
| 5 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 7 | relating to the reporting of certain information on felony | |
| 10 | 8 | defendants placed on community supervision who are young adults and | |
| 11 | 9 | to certain measures to reduce the revocation rate of those | |
| 12 | 10 | defendants. | |
| 13 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 14 | 12 | SECTION 1. Chapter 509, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 15 | 13 | adding Section 509.018 to read as follows: | |
| 16 | 14 | Sec. 509.018. INFORMATION ON OUTCOMES OF CERTAIN FELONY | |
| 17 | 15 | DEFENDANTS PLACED ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; MEASURES TO REDUCE | |
| 18 | 16 | REVOCATION RATE. (a) In this section, "young adult" means a person | |
| 19 | 17 | who is at least 17 years of age but younger than 25 years of age. | |
| 20 | - | (b) | |
| 21 | - | | |
| 18 | + | (b) The division shall require each department to annually | |
| 19 | + | report to the division, in the manner prescribed by the division, | |
| 22 | 20 | the following information: | |
| 23 | 21 | (1) the revocation rate for felony defendants placed | |
| 24 | - | on community supervision in each county who are young adults; | |
| 22 | + | on community supervision in a county served by the department who | |
| 23 | + | are young adults; | |
| 25 | 24 | (2) the percentage of the felony defendants described | |
| 26 | 25 | by Subdivision (1) who completed the period of community | |
| 27 | 26 | supervision; and | |
| 28 | 27 | (3) the recidivism rates for felony defendants | |
| 29 | 28 | described by Subdivision (1) following the first, second, and third | |
| 30 | 29 | anniversary of the date the defendants were placed on community | |
| 31 | 30 | supervision. | |
| 32 | 31 | (c) The information reported under Subsection (b) must be | |
| 33 | - | disaggregated by race | |
| 32 | + | disaggregated by race, ethnicity, offense type, and supervision | |
| 34 | 33 | level. | |
| 35 | - | (d) The division may provide technical assistance to | |
| 34 | + | (d) The division shall include a summary of the information | |
| 35 | + | reported under Subsection (b) in the report prepared under Section | |
| 36 | + | 509.004(c). | |
| 37 | + | (e) The division may provide technical assistance to | |
| 36 | 38 | departments that serve counties in which the revocation rate for | |
| 37 | 39 | felony defendants described by Subsection (b)(1) significantly | |
| 38 | 40 | exceeds the statewide average or historically has significantly | |
| 39 | 41 | exceeded the statewide average for felony defendants described by | |
| 40 | 42 | that subsection who have a similar supervision level. | |
| 41 | - | ( | |
| 43 | + | (f) Technical assistance provided under Subsection (e) must | |
| 42 | 44 | include information on: | |
| 43 | 45 | (1) developmental psychology; | |
| 44 | 46 | (2) effective supervision practices for defendants | |
| 45 | 47 | who are young adults; and | |
| 46 | 48 | (3) the impact of adverse childhood experiences and | |
| 47 | 49 | past trauma on the supervision of defendants who are young adults. | |
| 48 | - | ( | |
| 49 | - | Subsection ( | |
| 50 | + | (g) The division shall require a department described by | |
| 51 | + | Subsection (e) to develop and submit to the division a corrective | |
| 50 | 52 | action plan establishing the measures the department will take to | |
| 51 | 53 | reduce the revocation rate for felony defendants described by | |
| 52 | 54 | Subsection (b)(1), including measures for creating collaborative | |
| 53 | 55 | relationships with nonprofit organizations that provide | |
| 54 | 56 | multidisciplinary services for young adults who are involved in the | |
| 55 | 57 | criminal justice system. | |
| 56 | - | ( | |
| 58 | + | (h) When awarding a grant to a department for the purpose of | |
| 57 | 59 | reducing the revocation rate for felony defendants described by | |
| 58 | 60 | Subsection (b)(1), the division shall give priority to departments | |
| 59 | 61 | that are required to submit a corrective action plan under | |
| 60 | - | Subsection ( | |
| 62 | + | Subsection (g). | |
| 61 | 63 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |