H.B. No. 1191

AN ACT

relating to an annual report concerning the number of inmates who have been in the conservatorship of a state agency responsible for providing child protective services.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 501.023(b), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) Not later than December 31 of each year, the department shall submit a report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, [the speaker of the house of representatives,] and each member of the legislature and shall make the report available to the public on the department's Internet website [standing committee having primary jurisdiction over the department]. The report must summarize statistical information concerning the total number of inmates who have at any time been in the conservatorship of a state agency responsible for providing child protective services, including, disaggregated by age, the number of inmates who have not previously served a term of imprisonment.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1191 was passed by the House on May 2, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 2, 1 present, not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1191 was passed by the Senate on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________

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Governor