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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the collection of information concerning the number of |
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inmates who have been in the conservatorship of a state agency |
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responsible for providing child protective services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 501.023 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 501.023. INFORMATION CONCERNING FOSTER CARE HISTORY. |
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(a) The department, during the diagnostic process, shall assess |
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each inmate with respect to whether the inmate has at any time been |
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in the conservatorship of a state agency responsible for providing |
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child protective services. |
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(b) Not later than December 31 of each year, the department |
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shall submit a report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the |
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speaker of the house of representatives, and each standing |
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committee having primary jurisdiction over the department. The |
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report must summarize statistical information concerning the total |
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number of inmates who have at any time been in the conservatorship |
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of a state agency responsible for providing child protective |
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services. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |