87R15914 LHC-F     By: Swanson H.B. No. 4544     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4544:     By:  Vasut C.S.H.B. No. 4544       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to providing children committed to the Texas Juvenile   Justice Department with state-issued identification on discharge   or release.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 245.0535(e), Human Resources Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (e)  The department may contract and coordinate with private   vendors, units of local government, or other entities to implement   the comprehensive reentry and reintegration plan developed under   this section, including contracting to:                (1)  coordinate the supervision and services provided   to children during the time children are in the custody of the   department with any supervision or services provided children who   have been released under supervision or finally discharged from the   department;                (2)  provide children awaiting release under   supervision or final discharge with documents that are necessary   after release or discharge, including identification papers that   include, if available, personal identification certificates   obtained under Section 245.0536, medical prescriptions, job   training certificates, and referrals to services; and                (3)  provide housing and structured programs,   including programs for recovering substance abusers, through which   children are provided services immediately following release under   supervision or final discharge.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 245, Human Resources Code,   is amended by adding Section 245.0536 to read as follows:          Sec. 245.0536.  PROVIDING RELEASED OR DISCHARGED CHILD WITH   STATE-ISSUED IDENTIFICATION. (a) Before releasing a child under   supervision or finally discharging a child, the department shall:                (1)  determine whether the child has:                      (A)  a valid license issued under Chapter 521,   Transportation Code; or                      (B)  a valid personal identification certificate   issued under Chapter 521, Transportation Code; and                (2)  if the child does not have a valid license or   certificate described by Subdivision (1), submit to the Department   of Public Safety on behalf of the child a request for the issuance   of a personal identification certificate under Chapter 521,   Transportation Code.          (b)  The department shall submit a request under Subsection   (a)(2) as soon as is practicable to enable the department to receive   the personal identification certificate before the department   releases or discharges the child and to provide the child with the   personal identification certificate when the department releases   or discharges the child.          (c)  The department, the Department of Public Safety, and the   vital statistics unit of the Department of State Health Services   shall adopt a memorandum of understanding that establishes their   respective responsibilities with respect to the issuance of a   personal identification certificate to a child, including   responsibilities related to verification of the child's identity.   The memorandum of understanding must require the Department of   State Health Services to electronically verify the birth record of   a child whose name and any other personal information is provided by   the department and to electronically report the recorded filing   information to the Department of Public Safety to validate the   identity of a child under this section.          (d)  The department shall reimburse the Department of Public   Safety or the Department of State Health Services for the actual   costs incurred by those agencies in performing responsibilities   established under this section. The department may charge the   child's parent or guardian for the actual costs incurred under this   section or the fees required by Section 521.421, Transportation   Code.          (e)  This section does not apply to a child who:                (1)  is not legally present in the United States; or                (2)  was not a resident of this state before the child   was placed in the custody of the department.          SECTION 3.  Section 521.421(a-1), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a-1)  The fee for a personal identification certificate   issued under Section 501.0165, Government Code, [or] Section   841.153, Health and Safety Code, or Section 245.0536, Human   Resources Code, is $5.          SECTION 4.  Section 245.0536, Human Resources Code, as added   by this Act, applies only to the release under supervision or final   discharge of a child that occurs on or after December 1, 2021. A   release under supervision or final discharge that occurs before   that date is governed by the law in effect immediately before the   effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in   effect for that purpose.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.