Bill Text: TX SB1548 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to post-discharge services offered by a juvenile board or juvenile probation department to a child after the child's probation period ends.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1548 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1548-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1548 |
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relating to post-discharge services offered by a juvenile board or | ||
juvenile probation department to a child after the child's | ||
probation period ends. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 142, Human Resources Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 142.007 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 142.007. POST-DISCHARGE SERVICES. (a) For purposes | ||
of this section, "post-discharge services" means community-based | ||
services offered after a child is discharged from probation to | ||
support the child's vocational, educational, behavioral, or other | ||
goals and to provide continuity for the child as the child | ||
transitions out of juvenile probation services. The term includes: | ||
(1) behavioral health services; | ||
(2) mental health services; | ||
(3) substance abuse services; | ||
(4) mentoring; | ||
(5) job training; and | ||
(6) educational services. | ||
(b) Provided that existing resources are available, a | ||
juvenile board or juvenile probation department may provide | ||
post-discharge services to a child for not more than six months | ||
after the date the child is discharged from probation, regardless | ||
of the age of the child on that date. | ||
(c) A juvenile board or juvenile probation department may | ||
not require a child to participate in post-discharge services. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1548 passed the Senate on | ||
April 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1548 passed the House on | ||
May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |