81R2460 MCK-D
By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 301
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to caseload assignments for employees of the Department of
Family and Protective Services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 531.048, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
(d-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), the Department of
Family and Protective Services shall ensure that the average
caseload for caseworkers in the child protective services division
allows each child in the department's conservatorship to be visited
by the child's caseworker at least one time each month.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.