TITLE: Relating to the approval of equivalent educational programs for persons whose driver's license is suspended following conviction of certain drug offenses.

SUMMARY: Relating to the approval of equivalent educational programs for persons whose driver's license is suspended following conviction of certain drug offenses.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the approval of equivalent educational programs for persons whose driver's license is suspended following conviction of certain drug offenses. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 521.376, Transportation Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (b) The Department of State Health Services: (1) shall monitor, coordinate, and provide training to residential treatment facilities described by Section 521.374(a)(2)(C) [521.374(a)(2)] providing equivalent education; and (2) shall administer the approval of the equivalent education provided in a [residential treatment] facility described by Section 521.374(a)(2)(A) or (B).(c) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice or a community supervision and corrections department established under Chapter 76, Government Code, operating an equivalent educational program in a facility described by Section 521.374(a)(2)(A) or (B), as applicable, shall submit information regarding the program to the Department of State Health Services for approval under this subchapter. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.