| 1 | 1 | | 88R5807 MCF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: A. Johnson of Harris H.B. No. 1504 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to juveniles committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice |
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| 8 | 8 | | Department. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 59.009(a), Family Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) For a child at sanction level six, the juvenile court |
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| 13 | 13 | | may commit the child to the custody of the Texas Juvenile Justice |
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| 14 | 14 | | Department [or a post-adjudication secure correctional facility |
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| 15 | 15 | | under Section 54.04011(c)(1)]. The department[, juvenile board, or |
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| 16 | 16 | | local juvenile probation department, as applicable,] may: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) require the child to participate in a highly |
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| 18 | 18 | | structured residential program that emphasizes discipline, |
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| 19 | 19 | | accountability, fitness, training, and productive work for not less |
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| 20 | 20 | | than nine months or more than 24 months unless the department |
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| 21 | 21 | | reduces or[, board, or probation department] extends the period and |
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| 22 | 22 | | the reason for the reduction or [an] extension is documented; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) require the child to make restitution to the |
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| 24 | 24 | | victim of the child's conduct or perform community service |
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| 25 | 25 | | restitution appropriate to the nature and degree of the harm caused |
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| 26 | 26 | | and according to the child's ability, if there is a victim of the |
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| 27 | 27 | | child's conduct; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (3) require the child and the child's parents or |
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| 29 | 29 | | guardians to participate in programs and services for their |
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| 30 | 30 | | particular needs and circumstances; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (4) if appropriate, impose additional sanctions. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. Section 244.003(b), Human Resources Code, is |
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| 33 | 33 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) Except as provided by Section 243.051(c), these records |
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| 35 | 35 | | and all other information concerning a child, including personally |
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| 36 | 36 | | identifiable information, are not public and are available only: |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) according to the provisions of Section 58.005, |
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| 38 | 38 | | Family Code, Section 244.051 of this code, and Chapter 67, Code of |
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| 39 | 39 | | Criminal Procedure; or |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) to an individual or entity assisting the |
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| 41 | 41 | | department in providing transition planning and reentry services to |
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| 42 | 42 | | the child, as determined by the department. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 3. Section 245.054(a), Human Resources Code, is |
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| 44 | 44 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 45 | 45 | | (a) In addition to providing the court with notice of |
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| 46 | 46 | | release of a child under Section 245.051(b), as soon as possible but |
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| 47 | 47 | | not later than the 10th [30th] day before the date the department |
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| 48 | 48 | | releases the child, the department shall provide the court that |
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| 49 | 49 | | committed the child to the department: |
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| 50 | 50 | | (1) a copy of the child's reentry and reintegration |
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| 51 | 51 | | plan developed under Section 245.0535; and |
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| 52 | 52 | | (2) a report concerning the progress the child has |
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| 53 | 53 | | made while committed to the department. |
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| 54 | 54 | | SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act to Section |
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| 55 | 55 | | 59.009(a), Family Code, do not apply to a child committed to a |
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| 56 | 56 | | post-adjudication secure correctional facility under former |
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| 57 | 57 | | Section 54.04011(c)(1), Family Code, and the former law is |
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| 58 | 58 | | continued in effect for a child committed to the facility. |
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| 59 | 59 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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