Bill Text: TX HB4263 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to developing a strategic plan to ensure the provision of prevention and early intervention services complies with federal law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-25 - Referred to Human Services [HB4263 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB4263-Introduced.html
  86R2946 MM-D
 
  By: Klick H.B. No. 4263
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to developing a strategic plan to ensure the provision of
  prevention and early intervention services complies with federal
  law.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 265, Family Code, is
  amended by adding Section 265.0051 to read as follows:
         Sec. 265.0051.  STRATEGIC PLAN REGARDING FEDERAL FAMILY
  FIRST PREVENTION SERVICES ACT. (a) The department shall develop a
  strategic plan to ensure that the provision of prevention and early
  intervention services meets the requirements of the federal Family
  First Prevention Services Act (Title VII, Div. E, Pub. L.
  No. 115-123).
         (b)  The strategic plan required under this section must:
               (1)  identify for federal approval a network of
  prevention and early intervention services providers to provide
  mental health, substance use, and in-home parenting support
  services for:
                     (A)  children at risk of entering foster care; 
                     (B)  the parents and caregivers of children
  identified under Paragraph (A); and
                     (C)  pregnant or parenting youth in foster care;
               (2)  identify methods to:
                     (A)  maximize resources from the federal
  government under the federal Family First Prevention Services Act
  (Title VII, Div. E, Pub. L. No. 115-123);
                     (B)  apply for other available federal and private
  funds; 
                     (C)  streamline and reduce duplication of effort
  by each state agency involved in providing prevention and early
  intervention services; and 
                     (D)  streamline the procedures for determining
  eligibility for prevention and early intervention services; 
               (3)  include a method to:
                     (A)  notify the Senate Health and Human Services
  Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, the House Committee on
  Human Services, the House Committee on Public Health, and the House
  Appropriations Committee of federal and private funding
  opportunities; and
                     (B)  respond to the opportunities described by
  Paragraph (A); and
               (4)  identify opportunities to coordinate with
  independent researchers to assist community programs in evaluating
  and developing trauma-informed services and promising, supported,
  or well-supported services and strategies under the federal Family
  First Prevention Services Act (Title VII, Div. E, Pub. L.
  No. 115-123). 
         (c)  In developing the network of providers described by
  Subsection (b)(1), the department shall consult with the Health and
  Human Services Commission, the Department of State Health Services,
  and community stakeholders. 
         (d)  In developing the procedure described by Subsection
  (b)(2), the department shall consult with the Health and Human
  Services Commission and the Department of State Health Services.
         (e)  This section expires March 1, 2021. 
         SECTION 2.  Not later than September 1, 2020, the Department
  of Family and Protective Services shall make the plan required by
  Section 265.0051, Family Code, as added by this Act, available to
  the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, the Senate Finance
  Committee, the House Committee on Human Services, the House
  Committee on Public Health, and the House Appropriations Committee.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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