88R8483 JSC-D
By: Guillen H.B. No. 5183
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the approval of equivalent educational programs for
persons whose driver's license is suspended following conviction of
certain drug offenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.376, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b) The Department of State Health Services:
(1) shall monitor, coordinate, and provide training
to residential treatment facilities described by Section
521.374(a)(2)(C) [521.374(a)(2)] providing equivalent education;
and
(2) shall administer the approval of the equivalent
education provided in a [residential treatment] facility described
by Section 521.374(a)(2)(A) or (B).
(c) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice or a community
supervision and corrections department established under Chapter
76, Government Code, operating an equivalent educational program in
a facility described by Section 521.374(a)(2)(A) or (B), as
applicable, shall submit information regarding the program to the
Department of State Health Services for approval under this
subchapter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.