Bill Text: TX HB1504 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Relating to juveniles committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-18 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB1504 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1504-Engrossed.html
  88R5807 MCF-D
 
  By: A. Johnson of Harris H.B. No. 1504
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to juveniles committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice
  Department.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 59.009(a), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  For a child at sanction level six, the juvenile court
  may commit the child to the custody of the Texas Juvenile Justice
  Department [or a post-adjudication secure correctional facility
  under Section 54.04011(c)(1)]. The department[, juvenile board, or
  local juvenile probation department, as applicable,] may:
               (1)  require the child to participate in a highly
  structured residential program that emphasizes discipline,
  accountability, fitness, training, and productive work for not less
  than nine months or more than 24 months unless the department
  reduces or[, board, or probation department] extends the period and
  the reason for the reduction or [an] extension is documented;
               (2)  require the child to make restitution to the
  victim of the child's conduct or perform community service
  restitution appropriate to the nature and degree of the harm caused
  and according to the child's ability, if there is a victim of the
  child's conduct;
               (3)  require the child and the child's parents or
  guardians to participate in programs and services for their
  particular needs and circumstances; and
               (4)  if appropriate, impose additional sanctions.
         SECTION 2.  Section 244.003(b), Human Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 243.051(c), these records
  and all other information concerning a child, including personally
  identifiable information, are not public and are available only:
               (1)  according to the provisions of Section 58.005,
  Family Code, Section 244.051 of this code, and Chapter 67, Code of
  Criminal Procedure; or
               (2)  to an individual or entity assisting the
  department in providing transition planning and reentry services to
  the child, as determined by the department.
         SECTION 3.  Section 245.054(a), Human Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  In addition to providing the court with notice of
  release of a child under Section 245.051(b), as soon as possible but
  not later than the 10th [30th] day before the date the department
  releases the child, the department shall provide the court that
  committed the child to the department:
               (1)  a copy of the child's reentry and reintegration
  plan developed under Section 245.0535; and
               (2)  a report concerning the progress the child has
  made while committed to the department.
         SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act to Section
  59.009(a), Family Code, do not apply to a child committed to a
  post-adjudication secure correctional facility under former
  Section 54.04011(c)(1), Family Code, and the former law is
  continued in effect for a child committed to the facility.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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