Amend CSSB 1, under Article V as follows:
(1) On page V-11 of the bill pattern for the Department of
Criminal Justice reduce General Revenue appropriations in Strategy
C.1.5, Institutional Services, by $10,000,000 in each fiscal year.
(2) On page V-12 of the bill pattern for the Department of
Criminal Justice increase General Revenue appropriations in
Strategy C.2.5, Substance Abuse Treatment, by $5,671,300 in fiscal
year 2010 and $8,425,557 in fiscal year 2011 and increase General
Revenue appropriations in Strategy F.2.3, Intermediate Sanction
Facilities, by $5,903,143 in fiscal year 2011.
(3) On page V-25 and V-26 of the bill pattern for the
Department of Criminal Justice, amend the following text:
Rider 75. Diversion Initiatives. The Department of Criminal
Justice shall use funds appropriated above for various diversion
initiatives in the strategies and General Revenue amounts specified
below:
a. Strategy A.1.2, Diversion Programs. Funding for probation
outpatient substance abuse treatment appropriated in the amount of
$5,000,000 in fiscal year 2010 and $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2011;
b. Strategy A.1.2, Diversion Programs. Funding for probation
residential treatment beds (800) appropriated in the amount of
$18,004,723 in fiscal year 2010 and $18,004,723 in fiscal year
2011;
c. Strategy B.1.1, Special Needs Projects. Funding for the
Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental
Impairments (TCOOMMI) to provide mental health services,
medications, and continuity of care to juvenile and adult offenders
with mental impairments appropriated in the amount of $5,000,000 in
fiscal year 2010 and $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2011;
d. Strategy C.2.5, Substance Abuse Treatment. Funding for
Substance Abuse Felony Punishment Facility treatment beds (1,184
additional beds in contracted capacity) appropriated in the amount
of $31,555,025 $37,226,325 in fiscal year 2010 (1,399 beds) and
$31,555,026 $39,980,583 in fiscal year 2011 (1,500 beds). The
funding includes aftercare in transitional treatment centers and
outpatient counseling;
e. Strategy C.2.5, Substance Abuse Treatment. Funding for
In-Prison Therapeutic Community Program expansion (1,000
additional treatment slots in existing capacity) appropriated in
the amount of $12,054,125 in fiscal year 2010 and $12,054,125 in
fiscal year 2011. The funding includes aftercare in transitional
treatment centers and outpatient counseling;
f. Strategy C.2.5, Substance Abuse Treatment. Funding for
Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) treatment beds (500 additional
treatment beds in contracted capacity) appropriated in the amount
of $6,027,063 in fiscal year 2010 and $6,027,063 in fiscal year
2011. The funding includes aftercare in transitional treatment
centers and outpatient counseling;
g. Strategy C.2.5, Substance Abuse Treatment. Funding for
additional treatment slots in State Jails (1,200 beds in existing
capacity) appropriated in the amount of $2,900,000 in fiscal year
2010 and $2,900,000 in fiscal year 2011;
h. Strategy F.2.2, Halfway House Facilities. Funding for
parole halfway houses (300 additional beds) appropriated in the
amount of $3,542,324 in fiscal year 2010 and $3,542,324 in fiscal
year 2011; and
i. Strategy F.2.3, Intermediate Sanction Facilities.
Funding for 992 additional probation and parole beds appropriated
in the amount of $14,375,891 in fiscal year 2010 (992 beds) and
$14,375,892 $20,279,035 in fiscal year 2011 (1,400 beds).
Payment for the services provided above in Strategy A.1.2,
Diversion Programs, Strategy C.2.5, Substance Abuse Treatment,
Strategy F.2.2, Halfway House Facilities, and Strategy F.2.3,
Intermediate Sanction Facilities, shall be provided on a per diem
or reimbursement basis for services actually provided to offenders
or for beds actually occupied by offenders. Any surplus funding
from services directly provided by local community supervision and
corrections departments (CSCDs) shall be returned to the state at
the end of the biennium in accordance with applicable statutes and
rules of this state.