86R13365 EAS-F
By: Wu H.B. No. 3195
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to juveniles committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice
Department.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 59.009(a), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) For a child at sanction level six, the juvenile court
may commit the child to the custody of the Texas Juvenile Justice
Department [or a post-adjudication secure correctional facility
under Section 54.04011(c)(1)]. The department[, juvenile board, or
local juvenile probation department, as applicable,] may:
(1) require the child to participate in a highly
structured residential program that emphasizes discipline,
accountability, fitness, training, and productive work for not less
than nine months or more than 24 months unless the department
reduces or[, board, or probation department] extends the period and
the reason for the reduction or [an] extension is documented;
(2) require the child to make restitution to the
victim of the child's conduct or perform community service
restitution appropriate to the nature and degree of the harm caused
and according to the child's ability, if there is a victim of the
child's conduct;
(3) require the child and the child's parents or
guardians to participate in programs and services for their
particular needs and circumstances; and
(4) if appropriate, impose additional sanctions.
SECTION 2. Section 244.003(b), Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Section 243.051(c), these records
and all other information concerning a child, including personally
identifiable information, are not public and are available only:
(1) according to the provisions of Section 58.005,
Family Code, Section 244.051 of this code, and Chapter 67, Code of
Criminal Procedure; or
(2) to an individual or entity assisting the
department in providing transition planning and reentry services to
the child, as determined by the department.
SECTION 3. Section 245.054(a), Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) In addition to providing the court with notice of
release of a child under Section 245.051(b), as soon as possible but
not later than the 10th [30th] day before the date the department
releases the child, the department shall provide the court that
committed the child to the department:
(1) a copy of the child's reentry and reintegration
plan developed under Section 245.0535; and
(2) a report concerning the progress the child has
made while committed to the department.
SECTION 4. Section 30.106(e), Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
59.009(a), Family Code, do not apply to a child committed to a
post-adjudication secure correctional facility under former
Section 54.04011(c)(1), Family Code, and the former law is
continued in effect for a child committed to the facility.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.