Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	H.B. No. 4544
	1	+	By: Swanson (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 4544
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2021;
	3	+	May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
	4	+	Justice; May 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:
	5	+	Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 20, 2021, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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3	8
	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to providing children committed to the Texas Juvenile
6		-	Justice Department with ~~certain documents~~ on discharge ~~or release;~~
7		-	~~authorizing a fee~~.
	12	+	Justice Department with state-issued identification on discharge
	13	+	or release.
8	14		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	15		SECTION 1. Section 245.0535(e), Human Resources Code, is
10	16		amended to read as follows:
11	17		(e) The department may contract and coordinate with private
12	18		vendors, units of local government, or other entities to implement
13	19		the comprehensive reentry and reintegration plan developed under
14	20		this section, including contracting to:
15	21		(1) coordinate the supervision and services provided
16	22		to children during the time children are in the custody of the
17	23		department with any supervision or services provided children who
18	24		have been released under supervision or finally discharged from the
19	25		department;
20	26		(2) provide children awaiting release under
21	27		supervision or final discharge with documents that are necessary
22	28		after release or discharge, including identification papers that
23	29		include, if available, personal identification certificates
24	30		obtained under Section 245.0536, medical prescriptions, job
25	31		training certificates, and referrals to services; and
26	32		(3) provide housing and structured programs,
27	33		including programs for recovering substance abusers, through which
28	34		children are provided services immediately following release under
29	35		supervision or final discharge.
30	36		SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 245, Human Resources Code,
31		-	is amended by adding Sections 245.0536 and 245.0537 to read as
32		-	follows:
	37	+	is amended by adding Section 245.0536 to read as follows:
33	38		Sec. 245.0536. PROVIDING RELEASED OR DISCHARGED CHILD WITH
34	39		STATE-ISSUED IDENTIFICATION. (a) Before releasing a child under
35	40		supervision or finally discharging a child, the department shall:
36	41		(1) determine whether the child has:
37	42		(A) a valid license issued under Chapter 521,
38	43		Transportation Code; or
39	44		(B) a valid personal identification certificate
40	45		issued under Chapter 521, Transportation Code; and
41	46		(2) if the child does not have a valid license or
42	47		certificate described by Subdivision (1), submit to the Department
43	48		of Public Safety on behalf of the child a request for the issuance
44	49		of a personal identification certificate under Chapter 521,
45	50		Transportation Code.
46	51		(b) The department shall submit a request under Subsection
47	52		(a)(2) as soon as is practicable to enable the department to receive
48	53		the personal identification certificate before the department
49	54		releases or discharges the child and to provide the child with the
50	55		personal identification certificate when the department releases
51	56		or discharges the child.
52	57		(c) The department, the Department of Public Safety, and the
53	58		vital statistics unit of the Department of State Health Services
54	59		shall adopt a memorandum of understanding that establishes their
55	60		respective responsibilities with respect to the issuance of a
56	61		personal identification certificate to a child, including
57	62		responsibilities related to verification of the child's identity.
58	63		The memorandum of understanding must require the Department of
59	64		State Health Services to electronically verify the birth record of
60	65		a child whose name and any other personal information is provided by
61	66		the department and to electronically report the recorded filing
62	67		information to the Department of Public Safety to validate the
63	68		identity of a child under this section.
64	69		(d) The department shall reimburse the Department of Public
65	70		Safety or the Department of State Health Services for the actual
66	71		costs incurred by those agencies in performing responsibilities
67	72		established under this section. The department may charge the
68	73		child's parent or guardian for the actual costs incurred under this
69	74		section or the fees required by Section 521.421, Transportation
70	75		Code.
71	76		(e) This section does not apply to a child who:
72	77		(1) is not legally present in the United States; or
73	78		(2) was not a resident of this state before the child
74	79		was placed in the custody of the department.
75		-	Sec. 245.0537. PROVIDING RELEASED OR DISCHARGED CHILD WITH
76		-	BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND SOCIAL SECURITY CARD. (a) In addition to
77		-	complying with the requirements of Section 245.0536, before
78		-	releasing a child under supervision or finally discharging a child,
79		-	the department must:
80		-	(1) determine whether the child has a:
81		-	(A) certified copy of the child's birth
82		-	certificate; and
83		-	(B) copy of the child's social security card; and
84		-	(2) if the child does not have a document described by
85		-	Subdivision (1), submit to the appropriate entity on behalf of the
86		-	child a request for the issuance of the applicable document.
87		-	(b) The department shall submit a request under Subsection
88		-	(a)(2) as soon as is practicable to enable the department to receive
89		-	the applicable document before the department releases or
90		-	discharges the child and to provide the child with the applicable
91		-	document when the department releases or discharges the child.
92		-	(c) This section does not apply to a child who:
93		-	(1) is not legally present in the United States; or
94		-	(2) was not a resident of this state before the child
95		-	was placed in the custody of the department.
96	80		SECTION 3. Section 521.421(a-1), Transportation Code, is
97	81		amended to read as follows:
98	82		(a-1) The fee for a personal identification certificate
99	83		issued under Section 501.0165, Government Code, [or] Section
100	84		841.153, Health and Safety Code, or Section 245.0536, Human
101	85		Resources Code, is $5.
102		-	SECTION 4. ~~Sections~~ 245.0536 ~~and 245.0537~~, Human Resources
103		-	~~Code, as added~~ by this Act, ~~apply~~ only to the release under
104		-	~~supervision or final~~ discharge of a child that occurs on or after
105		-	~~December 1, 2021. A~~ release under supervision or final discharge
106		-	~~that occurs before~~ that date is governed by the law in effect
107		-	~~immediately before the~~ effective date of this Act, and the former
108		-	~~law is continued in~~ effect for that purpose.
	86	+	SECTION 4. Section 245.0536, Human Resources Code, as added
	87	+	by this Act, applies only to the release under supervision or final
	88	+	discharge of a child that occurs on or after December 1, 2021. A
	89	+	release under supervision or final discharge that occurs before
	90	+	that date is governed by the law in effect immediately before the
	91	+	effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
	92	+	effect for that purpose.
109	93		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
110		-	______________________________ ______________________________
111		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
112		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4544 was passed by the House on April
113		-	30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not
114		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
115		-	No. 4544 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0,
116		-	2 present, not voting.
117		-	______________________________
118		-	Chief Clerk of the House
119		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4544 was passed by the Senate, with
120		-	amendments, on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
121		-	0.
122		-	______________________________
123		-	Secretary of the Senate
124		-	APPROVED: __________________
125		-	Date
126		-	__________________
127		-	Governor
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