86R27599 JRR-D
 
  By: Allen H.B. No. 2519
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2519:
 
  By:  Neave C.S.H.B. No. 2519
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the reporting of certain information on felony
  defendants placed on community supervision who are young adults and
  to certain measures to reduce the revocation rate of those
  defendants.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 509, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Section 509.018 to read as follows:
         Sec. 509.018.  INFORMATION ON OUTCOMES OF CERTAIN FELONY
  DEFENDANTS PLACED ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; MEASURES TO REDUCE
  REVOCATION RATE. (a) In this section, "young adult" means a person
  who is at least 17 years of age but younger than 25 years of age.
         (b)  Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year,
  the division shall submit to the legislature a report that includes
  the following information:
               (1)  the revocation rate for felony defendants placed
  on community supervision in each county who are young adults;
               (2)  the percentage of the felony defendants described
  by Subdivision (1) who completed the period of community
  supervision; and
               (3)  the recidivism rates for felony defendants
  described by Subdivision (1) following the first, second, and third
  anniversary of the date the defendants were placed on community
  supervision.
         (c)  The information reported under Subsection (b) must be
  disaggregated by race or ethnicity, offense type, and supervision
  level.
         (d)  The division may provide technical assistance to
  departments that serve counties in which the revocation rate for
  felony defendants described by Subsection (b)(1) significantly
  exceeds the statewide average or historically has significantly
  exceeded the statewide average for felony defendants described by
  that subsection who have a similar supervision level.
         (e)  Technical assistance provided under Subsection (d) must
  include information on: 
               (1)  developmental psychology; 
               (2)  effective supervision practices for defendants
  who are young adults; and 
               (3)  the impact of adverse childhood experiences and
  past trauma on the supervision of defendants who are young adults.
         (f)  The division shall require a department described by
  Subsection (d) to develop and submit to the division a corrective
  action plan establishing the measures the department will take to
  reduce the revocation rate for felony defendants described by
  Subsection (b)(1), including measures for creating collaborative
  relationships with nonprofit organizations that provide
  multidisciplinary services for young adults who are involved in the
  criminal justice system.
         (g)  When awarding a grant to a department for the purpose of
  reducing the revocation rate for felony defendants described by
  Subsection (b)(1), the division shall give priority to departments
  that are required to submit a corrective action plan under
  Subsection (f).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.