86R3499 JG-D
 
  By: White H.B. No. 659
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the collection of information regarding the parental
  status of inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 501.0125 to read as follows:
         Sec. 501.0125.  INFORMATION ON PARENTAL STATUS OF INMATES.
  (a) The department shall maintain and annually update statistical
  information on the number of inmates confined in a facility
  operated by or under contract with the department who are parents of
  a child of any age.
         (b)  Not later than December 31 of each year, the department
  shall submit to the Texas Education Agency and Department of Family
  and Protective Services a report summarizing the information
  described by Subsection (a) for the preceding fiscal year.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than December 31, 2020, the Texas
  Department of Criminal Justice shall submit to the Texas Education
  Agency and Department of Family and Protective Services the first
  report required by Section 501.0125, Government Code, as added by
  this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.