Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 142.007 · Chapter 142. JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENTS AND PERSONNEL
POST-DISCHARGE SERVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) For purposes of this section, "post-discharge services" means community-based services offered after a child is discharged from probation to support the child's vocational, educational, behavioral, or other goals and to provide continuity for the child as the child transitions out of juvenile probation services. The term includes:
(1) behavioral health services;
(2) mental health services;
(3) substance abuse services;
(4) mentoring;
(5) job training; and
(6) educational services.
(b) Provided that existing resources are available, a juvenile board or juvenile probation department may provide post-discharge services to a child for not more than six months after the date the child is discharged from probation, regardless of the age of the child on that date.
(c) A juvenile board or juvenile probation department may not require a child to participate in post-discharge services.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 435 (S.B. 1548), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.142.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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