Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Wednesday, May 8, 2013 Page: 1,637
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(g) [(4] The programs provided under Subsections (b)(2) and (3) must:
(1) be implemented by highly skilled staff who are experienced in working
with inmate reentry and reintegration programs;
(2) provide offenders with:
(A) individualized case management and a full continuum of care;
(B) life-skills training, including information about budgeting, money
management, nutrition, and exercise;
(C) education and, if an offender has a learning disability, special
education;
(D) employment training;
(E) appropriate treatment programs, including substance abuse and
mental health treatment programs; and
(F) parenting and relationship building classes; and
(3) be designed to build for former offenders post-release and
post-discharge support from the community into which an offender is released or
discharged, including support from agencies and organizations within that community.
(h) [(e)] In developing the reentry and reintegration plan adopted under this
section, the department shall ensure that the reentry program for long-term inmates
under Section 501.096 and the reintegration services provided under Section 501.097
are incorporated into the plan.
(i) Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year, the department shall
deliver a report of the results of evaluations conducted under Subsection (b)(7) to the
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and each standing
committee of the senate and house of representatives having primary jurisdiction over
the department.
SECTION 4. Subchapter C, Chapter 501, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 501.0921 to read as follows:
Sec. 501.0921. RISK AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT. (a) The
department shall adopt a standardized instrument to assess, based on criminogenic
factors, the risks and needs of each offender within the adult criminal justice system.
(b) The department shall make the risk and needs assessment instrument
available for use by each community supervision and corrections department
established under Chapter 76.
(c) The department and the Windham School District shall jointly determine the
duties of each entity with respect to implementing the risk and needs assessment
instrument in order to efficiently use existing assessment processes.
(d) The department shall specify a timeline for the testing, adoption, and
implementation of the risk and needs assessment instrument. The department's
timeline must provide for the use of the instrument to be fully implemented not later
than January 1, 2015. This subsection expires January 1, 2016.
SECTION 5. Section 501.098, Government Code, as added by Chapter 643
(H.B. 1711), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is reenacted and
amended to read as follows:Wednesday, May 8, 2013
SENATE JOURNAL
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Wednesday, May 8, 2013, legislative document, May 8, 2013; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth641149/m1/55/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.