Bill Text: TX SB1353 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to addressing adverse childhood experiences and developing a strategic plan to address those experiences.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1353 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1353-Introduced.html
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By: Powell | S.B. No. 1353 |
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relating to addressing adverse childhood experiences and | ||
developing a strategic plan to address those experiences. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 531.0222 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 531.0222. COORDINATION TO ADDRESS ADVERSE CHILDHOOD | ||
EXPERIENCES; STRATEGIC PLAN. (a) In this section, "adverse | ||
childhood experience" includes: | ||
(1) abuse as defined by Section 261.001, Family Code; | ||
(2) neglect as defined by Section 261.001, Family | ||
Code; | ||
(3) family violence as defined by Section 71.004, | ||
Family Code; | ||
(4) intimate partner violence; | ||
(5) parental separation or divorce; and | ||
(6) substance use disorder, mental illness, or | ||
incarceration of a member of a child's household. | ||
(b) In order to reduce exposure of children in this state to | ||
adverse childhood experiences and to address the social, health, | ||
and economic impacts of those experiences, the commission, in | ||
collaboration with the Department of Family and Protective | ||
Services, the Department of State Health Services, the Texas | ||
Education Agency, the Texas Workforce Commission, and an | ||
institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, | ||
Education Code, with expertise in addressing adverse childhood | ||
experiences through a public health framework shall: | ||
(1) analyze data related to the causes and effects of | ||
adverse childhood experiences, including data from the Behavioral | ||
Risk Factor Surveillance System established by the Centers for | ||
Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health | ||
Service; | ||
(2) evaluate prevention needs and gaps in services and | ||
support regarding awareness of, screening for, and treatment of | ||
adverse childhood experiences; | ||
(3) identify methods to incorporate best practices for | ||
preventing and treating adverse childhood experiences into | ||
existing services and support programs offered for children and | ||
families; and | ||
(4) develop and implement a five-year strategic plan | ||
to prevent and address adverse childhood experiences. | ||
(c) In developing the five-year strategic plan under | ||
Subsection (b)(4), the commission may collaborate with | ||
representatives of: | ||
(1) state and local agencies and nonprofit | ||
organizations that work directly with children and families; | ||
(2) child welfare services providers; | ||
(3) early childhood education programs; | ||
(4) public schools; | ||
(5) medical and mental health services providers; | ||
(6) social services providers; | ||
(7) the law enforcement and criminal justice | ||
community; | ||
(8) faith-based organizations; and | ||
(9) the business community. | ||
(d) The strategic plan must incorporate a public health | ||
approach that promotes collaboration between agencies and | ||
community-based providers. The strategic plan may include | ||
strategies to: | ||
(1) train and educate professionals to assess, treat, | ||
and prevent adverse childhood experiences; | ||
(2) provide trauma-informed practices; | ||
(3) provide high quality child care; | ||
(4) provide support to parents to develop social and | ||
economic independence; | ||
(5) develop voluntary, evidence-based home visiting | ||
programs specifically developed to meet the needs of women who are | ||
pregnant and families with an infant to strengthen parenting skills | ||
and the child's social and emotional development; | ||
(6) develop parental support programs for teen parents | ||
and young mothers; | ||
(7) develop parental education training and | ||
counseling programs; | ||
(8) identify best practices for child protective | ||
services; | ||
(9) treat mental illness and substance use disorder; | ||
and | ||
(10) prevent intimate partner and family violence. | ||
(e) The commission shall publish the five-year strategic | ||
plan required by Subsection (b) on the commission's Internet | ||
website. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2020, the Health and | ||
Human Services Commission shall: | ||
(1) develop the five-year strategic plan required by | ||
Section 531.0222(b)(4), Government Code, as added by this Act; and | ||
(2) submit a report to the Senate Health and Human | ||
Services Committee, the House Public Health Committee, and the | ||
House Human Services Committee regarding the commission's | ||
strategies for preventing and treating adverse childhood | ||
experiences and any plan to incorporate those strategies into | ||
existing services and support programs for children and families. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |