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House Bill 2719 |
House Author: Guillen |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Rodriguez |
House Bill 2719 amends the Government Code to require the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), during the diagnostic process, to assess each inmate with respect to whether the inmate has at any time been in the conservatorship of a state agency responsible for providing child protective services and to annually submit a report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and each standing committee having primary jurisdiction over TDCJ summarizing statistical information concerning the total number of inmates who have been in that conservatorship. The bill requires TDCJ's reentry and integration division and parole division jointly to prepare and submit an annual report regarding parole and reentry and reintegration to those officials, the standing committees of the house and senate primarily responsible for criminal justice issues and corrections issues, and the reentry task force established by TDCJ, sets out the specific information required to be included in the report, and requires the report to be made available to the public.