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".