Bill Text: TX HB2888 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to an inmate's completion of classes or programs before being released on parole.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2888 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2888-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2888 | ||
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| relating to an inmate's completion of classes or programs before | ||
| being released on parole. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 508.152(b-2) and (c), Government Code, | ||
| are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b-2) At least once in every 12-month period, the department | ||
| shall review each inmate's individual treatment plan to assess the | ||
| inmate's institutional progress and revise or update the plan as | ||
| necessary. The department shall make reasonable efforts to provide | ||
| an inmate the opportunity to complete any classes or programs | ||
| included in the inmate's individual treatment plan, other than | ||
| classes or programs that are to be completed immediately before the | ||
| inmate's release on parole, in a timely manner so that the inmate's | ||
| release on parole is not delayed due to any uncompleted classes or | ||
| programs. | ||
| (c) The board shall conduct an initial review of an eligible | ||
| inmate not later than the 180th day after the date of the inmate's | ||
| admission to the institutional division. The board shall identify | ||
| any classes or programs that the board intends to require the inmate | ||
| to complete before releasing the inmate on parole. The department | ||
| shall provide the inmate with a list of those classes or programs. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2888 was passed by the House on May 6, | ||
| 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 2, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2888 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
