Bill Text: TX SB355 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to developing a strategic plan regarding implementation of prevention and early intervention services and community-based care and conducting a study regarding the resources provided to foster parents.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB355 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB355-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 355 |
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relating to developing a strategic plan regarding implementation of | ||
prevention and early intervention services and community-based | ||
care and conducting a study regarding the resources provided to | ||
foster parents. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 40.079 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 40.079. STRATEGIC STATE PLAN TO IMPLEMENT | ||
COMMUNITY-BASED CARE AND FOSTER CARE PREVENTION SERVICES. (a) The | ||
department shall develop a strategic plan for the coordinated | ||
implementation of: | ||
(1) community-based care as defined by Section | ||
264.152, Family Code; and | ||
(2) foster care prevention services that meet the | ||
requirements of Title VII, Div. E, Pub. L. No. 115-123. | ||
(b) The strategic plan required under this section must: | ||
(1) identify a network of 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 for the statewide implementation | ||
of foster care prevention services, including implementation in | ||
department regions that are transitioning to community-based care; | ||
(3) identify resources necessary for the department to | ||
implement community-based care and to coordinate that | ||
implementation with the implementation of foster care prevention | ||
services, including: | ||
(A) enhanced training related to procurement, | ||
contract monitoring and enforcement services, information | ||
technology services, and financial and legal services; | ||
(B) a financial methodology for funding the | ||
implementation of community-based care and foster care prevention | ||
services; and | ||
(C) resources to address the placement of | ||
children in settings eligible for federal financial participation | ||
under the requirements of Title VII, Div. E, Pub. L. No. 115-123; | ||
(4) identify methods to: | ||
(A) maximize resources from the federal | ||
government under 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 services described by | ||
Subdivision (1); | ||
(D) streamline the procedures for determining | ||
eligibility for services described by Subdivision (1); | ||
(E) prescribe and terminate services described | ||
by Subdivision (1); and | ||
(F) reduce recidivism in foster care prevention | ||
services; | ||
(5) 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 | ||
(6) 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 Title VII, Div. E, | ||
Pub. L. No. 115-123. | ||
(c) In identifying 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) This section does not supersede or limit the | ||
department's duty to develop and maintain the plan under Section | ||
264.153, Family Code. | ||
(e) The department shall submit the plan developed under | ||
this section to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker | ||
of the house of representatives, and each member of the standing | ||
committees of the senate and house of representatives having | ||
primary jurisdiction over child welfare issues not later than | ||
September 1, 2020. | ||
(f) This section expires September 1, 2021. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) The Department of Family and Protective | ||
Services shall conduct a study to evaluate whether the department | ||
provides foster parents with adequate resources to ensure that | ||
foster parents are able to comply with all of the regulations | ||
relating to providing care for a child in the conservatorship of the | ||
department. | ||
(b) Not later than September 1, 2020, the department shall | ||
prepare and submit to the legislature a written report containing | ||
the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative or | ||
other action. | ||
(c) This section expires September 1, 2021. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 355 passed the Senate on | ||
March 20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; | ||
May 23, 2019, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and | ||
requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 23, 2019, House | ||
granted request of the Senate; May 25, 2019, Senate adopted | ||
Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 30, | ||
Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 355 passed the House, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, | ||
Nays 2, two present not voting; May 23, 2019, House granted request | ||
of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee; | ||
May 25, 2019, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, one present not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |