H.B. No. 2229

	AN ACT
	relating to a report of information concerning juvenile offenders
	committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department who have been in
	foster care.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 243.008(e), Human Resources Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(e)  Not later than January 31 of each even-numbered year,
	the department shall submit a report to the governor, the
	lieutenant governor, and each member of the legislature [the
	speaker of the house of representatives, and each standing
	committee having primary jurisdiction over the department]. The
	department shall also make the report available to the public on the
	department's Internet website. The report must summarize
	statistical information concerning the total number and percentage
	of children in the custody of the department during the preceding
	two years who have at any time been in foster care. Data in the
	report must be disaggregated by:
	(1)  age;
	(2)  sex;
	(3)  race or ethnicity;
	(4)  the conduct for which children were committed to
	the department; and
	(5)  children entering the juvenile justice system for
	the first time.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2229 was passed by the House on May 3,
	2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2229 was passed by the Senate on May
	21, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor