Amend CSSB 213 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 501.023 to read as follows:
Sec. 501.023. INFORMATION CONCERNING FOSTER CARE HISTORY. (a) The department, during the diagnostic process, shall assess each inmate with respect to whether the inmate has at any time been in the conservatorship of a state agency responsible for providing child protective services.
(b) Not later than December 31 of each year, the department shall submit a report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and each legislative standing committee having primary jurisdiction over the department. The report must summarize statistical information concerning the total number of inmates who have at any time been in the conservatorship of a state agency responsible for providing child protective services.