Amend HB 3226 (house committee printing) as follows:                         
	(1)  On page 1, line 9, strike "an inmate who is" and 
substitute "inmates who are".
	(2)  On page 1, lines 10 through 13, strike "who has not been 
released from the department, including from a halfway house, 
solely because a permanent post-release residence has not been 
located or established for the inmate" and substitute "to 
releasees".
	(3)  On page 1, lines 14 through 16, strike "to an inmate 
described by Subsection (a) a voucher or debit card to be used by 
the inmate to pay" and substitute "payment".
	(4)  On page 1, line 16, between "housing" and "that", insert 
"for an inmate described by Subsection (a) or for a releasee".
	(5)  On page 1, line 17, strike "the" and substitute "a".        
	(6)  On page 1, line 17, between "panel" and the underlined 
period, insert "and is located in the county of legal residence of 
the inmate or releasee".
	(7)  On page 1, line 18, strike "a voucher or debit card" and 
substitute "payment".
	(8)  On page 1, line 20, strike "90 days" and substitute "the 
period for which the payment is issued".
	(9)  On page 1, lines 21 and 22, strike "pay the cost of a 
voucher or debit card issued" and substitute "issue payment".
	(10)  On page 2, line 3, between "section" and the underlined 
period, insert ", including rules that ensure that the food, 
hygiene, and clothing needs of an inmate or releasee on whose behalf 
payment is issued under this section are adequately met during the 
period for which the payment is issued".
	(11)  On page 2, between lines 3 and 4, insert:                                
	(f)  Not later than September 30, 2010, for the first report 
and September 30, 2011, for the second report, the department shall 
submit to the Criminal Justice Legislative Oversight Committee a 
report that covers the period of August 1 of the year preceding the 
year in which the report is submitted through September 1 of the 
year in which the report is submitted and that includes:
		(1)  the total number of inmates and releasees on whose 
behalf payment is issued under this section;
		(2)  the total dollar amount of payments issued under 
this section; and
		(3)  the county of release and the county of legal 
residence of each inmate or releasee on whose behalf payment is 
issued under this section.
	(g)  This subsection and Subsection (f) expire January 1, 
2012.       
	(12)  On page 2, line 10, strike "a voucher or debit card" and 
substitute  "payment for the cost of temporary post-release 
housing".