H.B. No. 2888

	AN ACT
	relating to an inmate's completion of classes or programs before
	being released on parole.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Sections 508.152(b-2) and (c), Government Code,
	are amended to read as follows:
	(b-2)  At least once in every 12-month period, the department
	shall review each inmate's individual treatment plan to assess the
	inmate's institutional progress and revise or update the plan as
	necessary. The department shall make reasonable efforts to provide
	an inmate the opportunity to complete any classes or programs
	included in the inmate's individual treatment plan, other than
	classes or programs that are to be completed immediately before the
	inmate's release on parole, in a timely manner so that the inmate's
	release on parole is not delayed due to any uncompleted classes or
	programs.
	(c)  The board shall conduct an initial review of an eligible
	inmate not later than the 180th day after the date of the inmate's
	admission to the institutional division. The board shall identify
	any classes or programs that the board intends to require the inmate
	to complete before releasing the inmate on parole. The department
	shall provide the inmate with a list of those classes or programs.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2888 was passed by the House on May 6,
	2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 2, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2888 was passed by the Senate on May
	24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
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	Governor