Bill Text: TX HB3180 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a centralized homelessness crisis response data system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-11 - Left pending in committee [HB3180 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3180-Introduced.html
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| By: Bowers | H.B. No. 3180 | |
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| relating to the establishment of a centralized homelessness crisis | ||
| response data system. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter KK, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2306.911 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2306.911. CENTRALIZED HOMELESSNESS CRISIS RESPONSE | ||
| DATA SYSTEM. (a) The council shall collaborate with a state agency | ||
| designated by the council to establish a centralized homelessness | ||
| crisis response data system through which state agencies, local | ||
| governmental entities, including law enforcement agencies, court | ||
| systems, school districts, and emergency service providers, and | ||
| other relevant persons are able to share and access information | ||
| related to individuals who experience chronic homelessness in order | ||
| to connect or refer those individuals to services, including | ||
| affordable housing opportunities. | ||
| (b) In developing the centralized homelessness crisis | ||
| response data system, the council and the state agency designated | ||
| by the council shall: | ||
| (1) consult with representatives of the entities | ||
| described by Subsection (a) to determine the challenges faced by | ||
| those entities in addressing chronic homelessness and how best to | ||
| improve the responses to those challenges; and | ||
| (2) enter into data sharing agreements as necessary | ||
| for the exchange of information relating to individuals | ||
| experiencing chronic homelessness through the centralized | ||
| homelessness crisis response data system. | ||
| (c) The centralized homelessness crisis response data | ||
| system established under this section must: | ||
| (1) to the extent permitted by a data sharing | ||
| agreement, collect data from other homelessness crisis response | ||
| systems maintained or operated by a state agency, local law | ||
| enforcement agency, or other entity of this state; and | ||
| (2) collect, aggregate, analyze, and share | ||
| homelessness information submitted to the centralized homelessness | ||
| crisis response data system with entities that have access to the | ||
| system. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2021, the Texas | ||
| Interagency Council for the Homeless described by Subchapter KK, | ||
| Chapter 2306, Government Code, or an entity designated by the | ||
| council shall prepare and submit to the legislature and the Texas | ||
| Department of Housing and Community Affairs a written report that | ||
| evaluates the effectiveness of the centralized homelessness crisis | ||
| response data system established under Section 2306.911, | ||
| Government Code, as added by this Act, in addressing chronic | ||
| homelessness in this state. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
