78R13858 GWK-D


By:  Allen                                                        H.B. No. 1480

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1480:                                   

By:  Hopson                                                   C.S.H.B. No. 1480



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the efficient administration of the Texas Department of 
Criminal Justice.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Sections 493.0022 and 493.0023 to read as follows:
	Sec. 493.0022.  REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.  The department shall 
report to the legislature not later than December 31, 2004, on the 
costs and feasibility of providing cognitive behavior training to 
corrections officers.  This section expires January 1, 2005.
	Sec. 493.0023.  STUDY REGARDING EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION.  
(a)  The department, in consultation with representatives from The 
University of Texas or Texas A&M University who are specialists in 
corporate reorganization and efficiency, shall conduct a study to 
evaluate the organizational arrangement and efficient 
administration of the department.  The study shall include an 
evaluation of possible means by which to:
		(1)  reduce inmate transportation costs as well as 
costs incurred in transporting food and other consumables to prison 
units;
		(2)  maximize the profitable and productive use of 
manufacturing capital investments; and
		(3)  reduce costs and prevent idleness of inmates by 
aggressive use of inmate labor in performing construction, repairs, 
and maintenance.
	(b)  The department shall conduct an analysis of complaint 
procedures and policies to eliminate repetitive complaints for 
which there is a substantive basis.  As part of the analysis, the 
department shall:
		(1)  determine the number of complaints the department 
receives in various subject area categories;
		(2)  propose policy changes to eliminate the basis for 
most basic complaints without endangering public safety or 
efficient operations; and
		(3)  seek to reduce the number of complaints received 
by the department and the time required to respond to those 
complaints.
	(c)  The department shall submit an annual report to the 
legislature on the progress of the study and the analysis conducted 
under this section not later than December 1, 2003, and December 1, 
2004.
	(d)  This section expires January 1, 2005.                              
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 501.022 to read as follows:
	Sec. 501.022.  INFANT CARE AND PARENTING.  The department 
shall implement a residential infant care and parenting program for 
mothers who are confined by the department.  To the extent 
practicable, the department shall model the program after the 
residential infant care and parenting program operated by the Texas 
Youth Commission.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.