83R5749 YDB-D
By: King of Taylor H.B. No. 1396
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to alcohol and controlled substance statistics compiled
and reported by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 261.004, Family Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
read as follows:
(a) The department shall prepare and disseminate statistics
by county relating to the department's activities under this
subtitle and include the information specified in Subsections
[Subsection] (b) and (b-1) in an annual report available to the
public.
(b-1) In addition to the information reported under
Subsection (b), the department annually shall report the following
information:
(1) the number of children reported to the department
who were born addicted to alcohol or a controlled substance;
(2) the controlled substances to which the children
described by Subdivision (1) were addicted;
(3) the number of children born addicted to alcohol or
a controlled substance who were removed from their homes and have
been diagnosed as having a disability or chronic medical condition
resulting from the addiction; and
(4) the number of parents who test positive for the
presence of a controlled substance during a department
investigation of a report of abuse or neglect of the parent's child.
(c) The department shall compile the information specified
in Subsections [Subsection] (b) and (b-1) for the preceding year in
a report to be submitted to the legislature and the general public
not later than February 1 of each year. The department must post the
information specified in Subsection (b-1) on the department's
Internet website.
SECTION 2. Section 261.004, Family Code, as amended by this
Act, applies to information collected by the Department of Family
and Protective Services on and after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.