1. (a) The policy council shall develop methods for measuring the success of each program or service determined by the Texas Board of Criminal Justice under Section 493.0053 to be designed for the primary purpose of rehabilitating inmates. On request of the policy council, the provider of a program or service or a representative of Sam Houston State University, the Texas Workforce Commission, or the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall assist the policy council in developing the methods required by this section. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall assist the council by collecting data in accordance with those methods.
2. (b) Not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the policy council shall submit as part of the biennial plan required by Section 413.015 specific findings as to the success of each program or service described by Subsection (a) in reducing recidivism of inmates and accomplishing other performance objectives of the programs and services administered by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice programs and services division.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1360, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 19.02(7), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.