HB3834 - Relating to the provision of services by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to offenders with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

  89R2606 DNC-F     By: Moody H.B. No. 3834       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the provision of services by the Texas Department of   Criminal Justice to offenders with intellectual or developmental   disabilities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 501.069, Government Code,   is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 501.069.   OFFENDERS WITH INTELLECTUAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL   DISABILITIES  [ DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED OFFENDER ] PROGRAM.          SECTION 2.  Section 501.069, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (c-1), (c-2), and (e) and amending Subsection   (d) to read as follows:           (c-1)     The department shall develop and identify community   resources to assist an offender described by Subsection (b) in   successfully reentering and reintegrating into the community.           (c-2)     The department shall develop and implement a reentry   and reintegration plan that is person-centered and based on the   individual needs of an offender described by Subsection (b). The   plan may include the coordination of treatment, identification of   housing assistance, and delivery of other transitional services.          (d)  The department may accept gifts, awards, or grants for   the purpose of providing the services described by this section   [ Subsection (b) ].           (e)     Funds appropriated to the department may not be expended   to provide residential housing assistance to an offender described   by Subsection (b) who is serving a sentence for an offense listed in   Section 508.149(a).          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.