Before a committed person is released from a secure correctional facility, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall ensure that:

1. (1) the Department of Public Safety issues a personal identification card to the person; and

2. (2) the person completes an application for the following federal benefits, as appropriate, for which the person may be eligible:

   1. (A) social security benefits, including disability benefits, administered by the United States Social Security Administration; and
   2. (B) veterans benefits administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 845 (S.B. 746), Sec. 14, eff. June 17, 2015.