Bill Text: TX HB2897 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of services by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's developmentally disabled offender program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-14 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB2897 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2897-Engrossed.html
| 86R19588 JG-F | ||
| By: Parker | H.B. No. 2897 | |
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| relating to the provision of services by the Texas Department of | ||
| Criminal Justice's developmentally disabled offender program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Section 501.069, Government Code, | ||
| is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 501.069. OFFENDERS WITH INTELLECTUAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL | ||
| DISABILITIES [ |
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| SECTION 2. Section 501.069, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (c-1), (c-2), and (e) and amending Subsection | ||
| (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (c-1) The department shall develop and identify community | ||
| resources to assist an offender described by Subsection (b) in | ||
| successfully reentering and reintegrating into the community. | ||
| (c-2) The department shall develop and implement a reentry | ||
| and reintegration plan that is person centered and based on the | ||
| individual needs of an offender described by Subsection (b). The | ||
| plan may include the coordination of treatment, identification of | ||
| housing assistance, and delivery of other transitional services. | ||
| (d) The department may accept gifts, awards, or grants for | ||
| the purpose of providing the services described by this section | ||
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| (e) Funds appropriated to the department may not be expended | ||
| to provide residential housing assistance to an offender described | ||
| by Subsection (b) who is serving a sentence for an offense listed in | ||
| Section 508.149(a). | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
