Tex. Health & Safety Code § 841.0822 · Subchapter E. CIVIL COMMITMENT
REQUIRED PROCEDURES BEFORE RELEASE FROM SECURE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Before a committed person is released from a secure correctional facility, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall ensure that:
(1) the Department of Public Safety issues a personal identification card to the person; and
(2) the person completes an application for the following federal benefits, as appropriate, for which the person may be eligible:
(A) social security benefits, including disability benefits, administered by the United States Social Security Administration; and
(B) veterans benefits administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 845 (S.B. 746), Sec. 14, eff. June 17, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.841.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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