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TX SB828
Bill
Status
1/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
Tan Parker
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AI Summary
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Renames the TDCJ "Developmentally Disabled Offender Program" to "Offenders with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities Program"
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Requires TDCJ to develop and identify community resources to assist offenders with intellectual or developmental disabilities in successfully reentering and reintegrating into the community
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Mandates TDCJ to create person-centered reentry and reintegration plans based on individual offender needs, which may include treatment coordination, housing assistance identification, and other transitional services
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Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for residential housing assistance to offenders with intellectual or developmental disabilities who are serving sentences for offenses listed in Section 508.149(a) (certain serious offenses)
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Takes effect September 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to the provision of services by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to offenders with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Disabilities, Persons with
Last Action
Referred to Criminal Justice
2/13/2025