By: Cain, Neave Criado, Gates, Plesa, H.B. No. 2959       Collier, et al.     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to providing children committed to the Texas Juvenile   Justice Department with certain documents on discharge or release.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 245.0536(b), Human Resources Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  The department shall submit a request under Subsection   (a)(2) on intake of the child [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.          SECTION 2.  Section 245.0537(b), Human Resources Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  The department shall submit a request under Subsection   (a)(2) on intake of the child [as soon as is practicable] to enable   the department to receive the applicable document before the   department releases or discharges the child and to provide the   child with the applicable document when the department releases or   discharges the child.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2023.