| 1 | 1 | | By: King of Taylor, Miller of Comal H.B. No. 1396 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) |
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| 3 | 3 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2013; |
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| 4 | 4 | | May 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Health |
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| 5 | 5 | | and Human Services; May 15, 2013, reported favorably by the |
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| 6 | 6 | | following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 15, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to a study on alcohol and controlled substance statistics |
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| 12 | 12 | | prepared by the Department of Family and Protective Services and |
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| 13 | 13 | | the Department of State Health Services. |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. (a) The Department of Family and Protective |
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| 16 | 16 | | Services and the Department of State Health Services, using |
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| 17 | 17 | | existing resources, shall conduct a study on alcohol and controlled |
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| 18 | 18 | | substance statistics. The study must: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) determine whether either state agency currently |
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| 20 | 20 | | compiles information on: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (A) the number of children reported to the |
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| 22 | 22 | | department who at birth tested positive for the presence of alcohol |
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| 23 | 23 | | or a controlled substance; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (B) the controlled substances for which the |
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| 25 | 25 | | children described by Paragraph (A) of this subdivision tested |
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| 26 | 26 | | positive; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (C) the number of children described by Paragraph |
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| 28 | 28 | | (A) of this subdivision who were removed from their homes and have |
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| 29 | 29 | | been diagnosed as having a disability or chronic medical condition |
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| 30 | 30 | | resulting from the presence of alcohol or controlled substances; |
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| 31 | 31 | | and |
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| 32 | 32 | | (D) the number of parents who test positive for |
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| 33 | 33 | | the presence of a controlled substance during a department |
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| 34 | 34 | | investigation of a report of abuse or neglect of the parent's child; |
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| 35 | 35 | | and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) if neither agency compiles the information |
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| 37 | 37 | | described by Subdivision (1) of this subsection: |
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| 38 | 38 | | (A) determine which agency can compile the |
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| 39 | 39 | | information described by Subdivision (1) of this subsection most |
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| 40 | 40 | | effectively and at the lowest cost; and |
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| 41 | 41 | | (B) estimate the cost to that agency of compiling |
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| 42 | 42 | | the information, preparing a report on the information, posting a |
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| 43 | 43 | | copy of the report on the agency's Internet website, and |
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| 44 | 44 | | electronically submitting to the legislature a copy of the report. |
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| 45 | 45 | | (b) Not later than November 1, 2014, the Department of |
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| 46 | 46 | | Family and Protective Services and the Department of State Health |
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| 47 | 47 | | Services shall electronically submit a copy of the study prepared |
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| 48 | 48 | | under Subsection (a) of this section to the governor, lieutenant |
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| 49 | 49 | | governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and presiding |
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| 50 | 50 | | officer of each standing legislative committee with jurisdiction |
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| 51 | 51 | | over those departments. |
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| 52 | 52 | | (c) This section expires September 1, 2015. |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 54 | 54 | | * * * * * |
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