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.