Texas 2021 - 87th 3rd C.S.

Texas House Bill HB51 Compare Versions

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1	1	By: Reynolds H.B. No. 51
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to the reentry and reintegration programs provided by the
7	7	Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Sections 501.092(b) and (g), Government Code,
10	10	are amended to read as follows:
11	11	(b) The reentry and reintegration plan adopted under this
12	12	section must:
13	13	(1) incorporate the use of the risk and needs
14	14	assessment instrument adopted under Section 501.0921;
15	15	(2) provide for programs that address the assessed
16	16	needs of offenders and require the programs to begin as soon as
17	17	practicable after the offender is taken into the custody of the
18	18	department;
19	19	(3) provide for a comprehensive network of transition
20	20	programs to address the needs of offenders released or discharged
21	21	from a correctional facility, including following the completion of
22	22	a period of parole or mandatory supervision;
23	23	(4) identify and define the transition services that
24	24	are to be provided by the department and which offenders are
25	25	eligible for those services;
26	26	(5) coordinate the provision of reentry and
27	27	reintegration services provided to offenders through state-funded
28	28	and volunteer programs across divisions of the department to:
29	29	(A) target eligible offenders efficiently; and
30	30	(B) ensure maximum use of existing facilities,
31	31	personnel, equipment, supplies, and other resources;
32	32	(6) provide for collecting and maintaining data
33	33	regarding the number of offenders who received reentry and
34	34	reintegration services and the number of offenders who were
35	35	eligible for but did not receive those services, including
36	36	offenders who did not participate in those services;
37	37	(7) provide for evaluating the effectiveness of the
38	38	reentry and reintegration services provided to offenders by
39	39	collecting, maintaining, and reporting outcome information,
40	40	including recidivism data as applicable;
41	41	(8) identify providers of existing local programs and
42	42	transitional services with whom the department may contract under
43	43	Section 495.028 to implement the reentry and reintegration plan;
44	44	and
45	45	(9) subject to Subsection (f), provide for the sharing
46	46	of information between local coordinators, persons with whom the
47	47	department contracts under Section 495.028, and other providers of
48	48	services as necessary to adequately assess and address the needs of
49	49	each offender.
50	50	(g) The programs provided under Subsections (b)(2) and (3)
51	51	must:
52	52	(1) be implemented by highly skilled staff who are
53	53	experienced in working with inmate reentry and reintegration
54	54	programs;
55	55	(2) provide offenders with:
56	56	(A) individualized case management and a full
57	57	continuum of care;
58	58	(B) life-skills training, including information
59	59	about:
60	60	(i) budgeting and [,] money management;
61	61	(ii) [,] nutrition [,] and exercise; and
62	62	(iii) the development of prosocial behavior
63	63	and positive relationships;
64	64	(C) education and, if an offender has a learning
65	65	disability, special education; and
66	66	(D) spiritual guidance, if requested by the
67	67	offender [employment training;
68	68	[(E) appropriate treatment programs, including
69	69	substance abuse and mental health treatment programs; and
70	70	[(F) parenting and relationship building
71	71	classes]; and
72	72	(3) be designed to build for former offenders
73	73	post-release and post-discharge support from the community into
74	74	which an offender is released or discharged, including support from
75	75	agencies and organizations within that community.
76	76	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
77	77	last day of the legislative session.