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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an annual report concerning the number of inmates who |
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have been in the conservatorship of a state agency responsible for |
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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. Section 501.023(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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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, |
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[the speaker of the house of representatives,] and each member of |
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the legislature and shall make the report available to the public on |
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the department's Internet website [standing committee having
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primary jurisdiction over the department]. The report must |
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summarize statistical information concerning the total number of |
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inmates who have at any time been in the conservatorship of a state |
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agency responsible for providing child protective services, |
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including, disaggregated by age, the number of inmates who have not |
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previously served a term of imprisonment. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |