Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Wednesday, May 8, 2013 Page: 1,636
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(3) provide for a comprehensive network of transition programs to address
the needs of offenders released or discharged from a correctional facility;
(4) identify and define the transition services that are to be provided by the
department and which offenders are eligible for those services;
(5) coordinate the provision of reentry and reintegration services provided
to offenders through state-funded and volunteer programs across divisions of the
department to:
(A) target eligible offenders efficiently; and
(B) ensure maximum use of existing facilities, personnel, equipment,
supplies, and other resources;
(6) provide for collecting and maintaining data regarding the number of
offenders who received reentry and reintegration services and the number of offenders
who were eligible for but did not receive those services, including offenders who did
not participate in those services;
(7) provide for evaluating the effectiveness of the reentry and reintegration
services provided to offenders by collecting, maintaining, and reporting outcome
information, including recidivism data as applicable;
(8) identify [(4thc-identifati-ec] providers of existing local programs
and transitional services with whom the department may contract under Section
495.028 to implement the reentry and reintegration plan; and
(9) [(] subject to Subsection (f) [(e}], provide for the sharing of
information between local coordinators, persons with whom the department contracts
under Section 495.028, and other providers of services as necessary to adequately
assess and address the needs of each offender.
(c) The department, in consultation with the Board of Pardons and Paroles and
the Windham School District, shall establish the role of each entity in providing
reentry and reintegration services. The reentry and reintegration plan adopted under
this section must include, with respect to the department, the Board of Pardons and
Paroles, and the Windham School District:
(1) the reentry and reintegration responsibilities and goals of each entity,
including the duties of each entity to administer the risk and needs assessment
instrument adopted under Section 501.0921;
(2) the strategies for achieving the goals identified by each entity; and
(3) specific timelines for each entity to implement the components of the
reentry and reintegration plan for which the entity is responsible.
(d) The department shall regularly evaluate the reentry and reintegration plan
adopted under this section. Not less than once in each three-year period following the
adoption of the plan, the department shall update the plan.
(e) The department shall provide a copy of the initial reentry and reintegration
plan adopted under this section and each evaluation and revision of the plan to the
board, the Windham School District, and the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
(f) An offender's personal health information may be disclosed under
Subsection (b)(9) [(b)-] only if:
(1) the offender consents to the disclosure; and
(2) the disclosure does not violate the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-191) or other state or federal law.1636
83rd Legislature - Regular Session
55th Day
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