Bill Text: TX HB1058 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to complaints about medication or medical care provided to foster children.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-23 - Left pending in committee [HB1058 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB1058-Introduced.html
  83R4761 YDB-F
 
  By: Turner of Harris H.B. No. 1058
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to complaints about medication or medical care provided to
  foster children.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 266, Family Code, is amended by adding
  Section 266.0031 to read as follows:
         Sec. 266.0031.  COMPLAINTS REGARDING MEDICAL CARE.  (a)  A
  parent, foster parent, managing conservator, possessory
  conservator, guardian, caretaker, custodian, court-appointed
  special advocate, or other person with knowledge of medical care,
  including medication, provided to a foster child may file with the
  department a complaint outlining the individual's concerns about
  the medical care. The department shall:
               (1)  develop a process to review and address each
  complaint submitted under this subsection; and
               (2)  include the complaint in the child's health
  passport maintained under Section 266.006.
         (b)  The department shall create a central file of complaints
  received under Subsection (a). The information in the central file
  may not identify the foster child who is the subject of the
  complaint, the individual who submitted the complaint, or any other
  individual.  At least once each year, the department shall submit an
  aggregate report of the information contained in the central file
  to the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of
  representatives.  The central file information and aggregate report
  are public information subject to disclosure under Chapter 552,
  Government Code.
         SECTION 2.  Section 266.007(a), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  At each hearing under Chapter 263, or more frequently if
  ordered by the court, the court shall review a summary of the
  medical care provided to the foster child since the last
  hearing.  The summary must include information regarding:
               (1)  the nature of any emergency medical care provided
  to the child and the circumstances necessitating emergency medical
  care, including any injury or acute illness suffered by the child;
               (2)  all medical and mental health treatment that the
  child is receiving and the child's progress with the treatment;
               (3)  any medication prescribed for the child and the
  condition, diagnosis, and symptoms for which the medication was
  prescribed and the child's progress with the medication;
               (4)  the degree to which the child or foster care
  provider has complied or failed to comply with any plan of medical
  treatment for the child;
               (5)  any adverse reaction to or side effects of any
  medical treatment provided to the child;
               (6)  any specific medical condition of the child that
  has been diagnosed or for which tests are being conducted to make a
  diagnosis;
               (7)  any activity that the child should avoid or should
  engage in that might affect the effectiveness of the treatment,
  including physical activities, other medications, and diet; [and]
               (8)  any complaints filed with the department under
  Section 266.0031; and
               (9)  other information required by department rule or
  by the court.
         SECTION 3.  The heading to Subchapter A, Chapter 266, Family
  Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 4.  Not later than December 1, 2013, the Department
  of Family and Protective Services shall develop the complaint
  process required by Section 266.0031(a), Family Code, as added by
  this Act, and the central file required by Section 266.0031(b),
  Family Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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