By: King of Taylor, Miller of Comal H.B. No. 1396
(Senate Sponsor - Nelson)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2013;
May 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
and Human Services; May 15, 2013, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 15, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study on alcohol and controlled substance statistics
prepared by the Department of Family and Protective Services and
the Department of State Health Services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) The Department of Family and Protective
Services and the Department of State Health Services, using
existing resources, shall conduct a study on alcohol and controlled
substance statistics. The study must:
(1) determine whether either state agency currently
compiles information on:
(A) the number of children reported to the
department who at birth tested positive for the presence of alcohol
or a controlled substance;
(B) the controlled substances for which the
children described by Paragraph (A) of this subdivision tested
positive;
(C) the number of children described by Paragraph
(A) of this subdivision who were removed from their homes and have
been diagnosed as having a disability or chronic medical condition
resulting from the presence of alcohol or controlled substances;
and
(D) 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;
and
(2) if neither agency compiles the information
described by Subdivision (1) of this subsection:
(A) determine which agency can compile the
information described by Subdivision (1) of this subsection most
effectively and at the lowest cost; and
(B) estimate the cost to that agency of compiling
the information, preparing a report on the information, posting a
copy of the report on the agency's Internet website, and
electronically submitting to the legislature a copy of the report.
(b) Not later than November 1, 2014, the Department of
Family and Protective Services and the Department of State Health
Services shall electronically submit a copy of the study prepared
under Subsection (a) of this section to the governor, lieutenant
governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and presiding
officer of each standing legislative committee with jurisdiction
over those departments.
(c) This section expires September 1, 2015.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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