Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R3689 BDP-D
2	2	By: Reynolds H.B. No. 1019
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the reentry and reintegration programs provided by the
8	8	Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Sections 501.092(b) and (g), Government Code,
11	11	are amended to read as follows:
12	12	(b) The reentry and reintegration plan adopted under this
13	13	section must:
14	14	(1) incorporate the use of the risk and needs
15	15	assessment instrument adopted under Section 501.0921;
16	16	(2) provide for programs that address the assessed
17	17	needs of offenders and require the programs to begin as soon as
18	18	practicable after the offender is taken into the custody of the
19	19	department;
20	20	(3) provide for a comprehensive network of transition
21	21	programs to address the needs of offenders released or discharged
22	22	from a correctional facility, including following the completion of
23	23	a period of parole or mandatory supervision;
24	24	(4) identify and define the transition services that
25	25	are to be provided by the department and which offenders are
26	26	eligible for those services;
27	27	(5) coordinate the provision of reentry and
28	28	reintegration services provided to offenders through state-funded
29	29	and volunteer programs across divisions of the department to:
30	30	(A) target eligible offenders efficiently; and
31	31	(B) ensure maximum use of existing facilities,
32	32	personnel, equipment, supplies, and other resources;
33	33	(6) provide for collecting and maintaining data
34	34	regarding the number of offenders who received reentry and
35	35	reintegration services and the number of offenders who were
36	36	eligible for but did not receive those services, including
37	37	offenders who did not participate in those services;
38	38	(7) provide for evaluating the effectiveness of the
39	39	reentry and reintegration services provided to offenders by
40	40	collecting, maintaining, and reporting outcome information,
41	41	including recidivism data as applicable;
42	42	(8) identify providers of existing local programs and
43	43	transitional services with whom the department may contract under
44	44	Section 495.028 to implement the reentry and reintegration plan;
45	45	and
46	46	(9) subject to Subsection (f), provide for the sharing
47	47	of information between local coordinators, persons with whom the
48	48	department contracts under Section 495.028, and other providers of
49	49	services as necessary to adequately assess and address the needs of
50	50	each offender.
51	51	(g) The programs provided under Subsections (b)(2) and (3)
52	52	must:
53	53	(1) be implemented by highly skilled staff who are
54	54	experienced in working with inmate reentry and reintegration
55	55	programs;
56	56	(2) provide offenders with:
57	57	(A) individualized case management and a full
58	58	continuum of care;
59	59	(B) life-skills training, including information
60	60	about:
61	61	(i) budgeting and [,] money management;
62	62	(ii) [,] nutrition [,] and exercise; and
63	63	(iii) the development of prosocial behavior
64	64	and positive relationships;
65	65	(C) education and, if an offender has a learning
66	66	disability, special education; and
67	67	(D) spiritual guidance, if requested by the
68	68	offender [employment training;
69	69	[(E) appropriate treatment programs, including
70	70	substance abuse and mental health treatment programs; and
71	71	[(F) parenting and relationship building
72	72	classes]; and
73	73	(3) be designed to build for former offenders
74	74	post-release and post-discharge support from the community into
75	75	which an offender is released or discharged, including support from
76	76	agencies and organizations within that community.
77	77	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.