TITLE: Relating to an annual report concerning the number of inmates who have been in the conservatorship of a state agency responsible for providing child protective services.

SUMMARY: Relating to an annual report concerning the number of inmates who have been in the conservatorship of a state agency responsible for providing child protective services.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to an annual report concerning the number of inmates who have been in the conservatorship of a state agency responsible for providing child protective services. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 501.023(b), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) Not later than December 31 of each year, the department shall submit a report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, [the speaker of the house of representatives] and each member of the legislature and shall make the report available to the public on the department's Internet website [standing committee having primary jurisdiction over the department].The report must summarize statistical information concerning the total number of inmates who have at any time been in the conservatorship of a state agency responsible for providing child protective services,including, disaggregated by age, the number of inmates who have not previously served a term of imprisonment.SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.