Amend CSSB 213 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 501.010, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The uniform visitation policy must require that, if an inmate in a warden's facility has provided the warden or the warden's designee with the e-mail address or telephone number of the inmate's next of kin, the warden or designee shall notify the next of kin not later than 24 hours after any change in the inmate's eligibility to receive visitors.
SECTION ____. Section 507.030(b), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The state jail division shall establish a visitation policy for persons confined in state jail felony facilities. The policy must require that, if a person confined in a state jail felony facility has provided the facility's warden or the warden's designee with the e-mail address or telephone number of the person's next of kin, the warden or designee shall notify the next of kin not later than 24 hours after any change in the person's eligibility to receive visitors.
SECTION ____. Not later than December 1, 2013, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall make changes to the department's policies under Sections 501.010(b) and 507.030(b), Government Code, as necessary to comply with this Act.