Bill Text: TX HB966 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to information on classes or programs required to be completed before an inmate is released on parole.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-02 - Referred to Corrections [HB966 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB966-Introduced.html
| 88R2801 BDP-D | ||
| By: Allen | H.B. No. 966 | |
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| relating to information on classes or programs required to be | ||
| completed before an inmate is released on parole. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 493.035 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 493.035. INFORMATION ON CLASSES AND PROGRAMS REQUIRED | ||
| FOR RELEASE ON PAROLE. The department shall publish on the | ||
| department's Internet website the information required under | ||
| Section 508.056. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 508, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 508.056 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 508.056. INFORMATION ON CLASSES AND PROGRAMS REQUIRED | ||
| FOR RELEASE ON PAROLE. The board shall publish on the board's | ||
| Internet website the following information for each class or | ||
| program that the board requires an inmate to complete before | ||
| releasing the inmate on parole: | ||
| (1) curriculum for the class or program; | ||
| (2) qualifications and relevant certifications of any | ||
| instructor for the class or program; | ||
| (3) completion rates of the class or program; | ||
| (4) accommodations made for inmates with disabilities | ||
| and inmates whose primary language is not English to ensure that | ||
| those inmates are able to fully participate in the class or program; | ||
| (5) methods used to assess inmates for participation | ||
| in the class or program; | ||
| (6) results of any independent evaluations used by the | ||
| board when determining whether to require the class or program; and | ||
| (7) if the class or program is provided by a private | ||
| vendor: | ||
| (A) information on the contract between the | ||
| department and the private vendor; and | ||
| (B) the vendor's history of providing the class | ||
| or program at other correctional facilities. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
