85R8948 LHC-F
 
  By: Minjarez H.B. No. 3538
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to post-discharge services offered by a juvenile board or
  juvenile probation department to a child after the child's
  probation period ends.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 142, Human Resources Code, is amended by
  adding Section 142.007 to read as follows:
         Sec. 142.007.  POST-DISCHARGE SERVICES. (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)  individual or family therapy;
               (2)  mentoring; and
               (3)  job training.
         (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.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.