Amend CSHB 3689 (Senate committee printing), in ARTICLE 1 of
the bill, by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to
that ARTICLE and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of that ARTICLE
accordingly:
SECTION 1.___. Sections 61.0451(a) and (i), Human Resources
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The office of inspector general is established at the
commission for the purpose of investigating:
(1) crimes committed by commission employees,
including parole officers employed by or under a contract with the
commission; and
(2) crimes and delinquent conduct committed at a
facility operated by the commission, [or at] a residential facility
operated by another entity under a contract with the commission, or
any facility in which a child committed to the custody of the
commission is housed or receives medical or mental health
treatment.
(i) The office of inspector general shall immediately
report to the executive director [commissioner], the [advisory]
board, the governor's general counsel, and the state auditor:
(1) any particularly serious or flagrant problem
concerning the administration of a commission program or operation;
or
(2) any interference by the executive director,
[commissioner or] an employee of the commission, a facility
described by Subsection (a)(2), or an officer or employee of a
facility described by Subsection (a)(2) with an investigation
conducted by the office.