Relating to the commitment of certain juveniles to local post-adjudication secure correctional facilities in certain counties and to the release under supervision of those juveniles.

This bill would expand the powers of the Office of the Independent Ombudsman to include post-adjudication secure correctional facilities that operate in counties with a population of more than 1 million people but less than 1.5 million.

Under current law, Travis County may commit juvenile offenders to a local post adjudication secure correctional facility instead of a facility operated by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. This bill would repeal the expiration of the code that relates to commitment to post-adjudication secure correctional facilities for juveniles, and to the expiration of the power of the Office of the Independent Ombudsman to investigate facilities where children are admitted into a post-adjudication secure correctional facility. If this bill passes, the expiration dates for these programs would be repealed.