By: White H.B. No. 659
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the collection of information regarding the parental
status of inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 501.0125 to read as follows:
Sec. 501.0125. INFORMATION ON PARENTAL STATUS OF INMATES.
(a) The department shall maintain and annually update statistical
information on the number of inmates confined in a facility
operated by or under contract with the department who are parents of
a minor child or a child receiving education services.
(b) Not later than December 31 of each year, the department
shall submit to the Texas Education Agency and Department of Family
and Protective Services a report summarizing the information
described by Subsection (a) for the preceding fiscal year.
SECTION 2. Not later than December 31, 2020, the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice shall submit to the Texas Education
Agency and Department of Family and Protective Services the first
report required by Section 501.0125, Government Code, as added by
this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.