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
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By: A. Johnson of Harris | H.B. No. 1504 |
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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 | ||
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(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[ |
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the reason for the reduction or [ |
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(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 [ |
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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. |