79R1533 MFC-D
By: Martinez H.B. No. 215
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to establishing certain standards for the drug testing of
defendants placed on community supervision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 509.003(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The division shall propose and the board shall adopt
reasonable rules establishing:
(1) minimum standards for programs, community
corrections facilities and other facilities, equipment, and other
aspects of the operation of departments;
(2) a list and description of core services that
should be provided by each department;
(3) methods for measuring the success of community
supervision and corrections programs, including methods for
measuring rates of diversion, program completion, and recidivism;
(4) a format for community justice plans; [and]
(5) minimum standards for the operation of substance
abuse facilities and programs funded through the division; and
(6) methods for ensuring that, when a defendant placed
on community supervision is required to submit to testing for
controlled substances, the sample submitted for testing is taken
from that defendant.
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2005, The Texas Board
of Criminal Justice shall adopt rules establishing methods for
ensuring the integrity of controlled substances testing, as
required by the amendment made by this Act to Section 509.003(a),
Government Code.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.