Bill Text: TX HB309 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study on the feasibility and potential costs and benefits of implementing a pay-for-performance contract program for certain juvenile justice programs and services.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-14 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB309 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB309-Introduced.html
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| By: White of Tyler | H.B. No. 309 | |
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| relating to a study on the feasibility and potential costs and | ||
| benefits of implementing a pay-for-performance contract program | ||
| for certain juvenile justice programs and services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "department" means the | ||
| Texas Juvenile Justice Department. | ||
| (b) The department shall conduct a study to determine the | ||
| feasibility and potential costs and benefits to this state of | ||
| implementing a pay-for-performance contract program under which | ||
| the department would: | ||
| (1) contract with an administrator for the operation | ||
| of juvenile justice programs or the provision of juvenile justice | ||
| services, the operation or provision of which would be funded using | ||
| investor-provided financial capital; and | ||
| (2) make contract payments to the administrator using | ||
| general obligation bond proceeds or other available money only if | ||
| specified performance requirements for and outcomes from the | ||
| programs and services are achieved and the return on investment to | ||
| this state is positive, thereby rewarding successful results and | ||
| shifting the financial risk from this state. | ||
| (c) The department may request assistance and information | ||
| from the comptroller of public accounts, the Texas Public Finance | ||
| Authority, or any other state agency as necessary to conduct the | ||
| study required by this section. | ||
| (d) Not later than November 1, 2016, the department shall | ||
| submit a report on the results of the study to the governor, the | ||
| lieutenant governor, and the presiding officers of the standing | ||
| committees of the senate and house of representatives having | ||
| jurisdiction over juvenile justice programs and services. The | ||
| report must indicate whether and to what degree implementing a | ||
| pay-for-performance program described by Subsection (b) of this | ||
| section would be cost-effective and feasible, as determined by the | ||
| department. If the department determines a pay-for-performance | ||
| program would be cost-effective and feasible, the report must: | ||
| (1) make recommendations regarding the manner in which | ||
| the department could effectively operate the program and the types | ||
| of juvenile justice programs and services that would be selected | ||
| for the program; and | ||
| (2) identify any changes in law necessary for | ||
| implementation of the program. | ||
| (e) This section expires January 1, 2017. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
