Tex. Gov't Code § 495.028 · Subchapter B. MISCELLANEOUS CONTRACTS FOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES
IMPLEMENTATION OF REENTRY AND REINTEGRATION PLAN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Text of section effective on June 19, 2009, but only if a specific appropriation is provided as described by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 643, Sec. 4, which states: This Act does not make an appropriation. This Act takes effect only if a specific appropriation for the implementation of the Act is provided in a general appropriations act of the 81st Legislature.
(a) The department may contract and coordinate with private vendors, units of local government, or other entities to implement the comprehensive reentry and reintegration plan developed under Section 501.092, including contracting to:
(1) coordinate the supervision and services provided to offenders in correctional facilities with any supervision or services provided to offenders who have been released or discharged from the correctional facility;
(2) provide offenders awaiting release or discharge with documents that are necessary after release or discharge, including identification papers, medical prescriptions, job training certificates, and referrals to services; and
(3) provide housing and structured programs, including group homes for recovering substance abusers, through which offenders are provided services immediately following release or discharge.
(b) To ensure accountability, any contract entered into under this section must contain specific performance measures that the department shall use to evaluate compliance with the terms of the contract.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 643 (H.B. 1711), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.
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