SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT

Subject to an express appropriation to fund the treatment programs required by this section, the department may not release a child under supervision or parole a child if:

(1) the child has a substance abuse problem, including the use of a controlled substance, hazardous inhalable substances, or alcohol habitually; and

(2) the child has not completed a treatment program for the problem. Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter F, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653 ), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.